Algorithmic Bias
This Company Is Using Racially-Biased Algorithms to Select Jurors
Momus Analytics' predictive scoring system is using race to grade potential jurors on vague qualities like "leadership" and "personal responsibility."
This College Banned Students From Even Discussing Facial Recognition
After the ACLU said a community college in Michigan was violating its students’ First Amendment rights, the school partially relented.
Facebook Hires Fox News Producer Who Has Poisoned Boomer Brains for Years
Williams, whose long tenure at Fox News included several years at 'Fox and Friends,' will work on editorial video strategy at the social network.
Students Are Campaigning to Ban Facial Recognition From College Campuses
A new national campaign wants to stop facial recognition from invading U.S. college campuses.
‘Significant Racial Bias’ Found in National Healthcare Algorithm Affecting Millions of People
A series of studies argue that by focusing on costs as a proxy for health, risk algorithms are ignoring the racial inequalities in healthcare access.
Algorithms Have Nearly Mastered Human Language. Why Can’t They Stop Being Sexist?
To fight gender bias, researchers are training language-processing algorithms to envision a world where it doesn’t exist.
Flawed Algorithms Are Grading Millions of Students’ Essays
Fooled by gibberish and highly susceptible to human bias, automated essay-scoring systems are being increasingly adopted, a Motherboard investigation has found
At Cannabis Shops, Face Recognition Is Already a Thing
Dispensaries are adopting in-store surveillance systems to protect profits. Experts warn it's a 'slippery slope' to discrimination.
Facial Recognition Software Regularly Misgenders Trans People
Human computer interfaces are almost never built with transgender people in mind, and continue to reinforce existing biases.
New York City Passes Bill to Study Biases in Algorithms Used by the City
The bill is believed to be the first in the country to push for open sourcing of the algorithms used by courts, police, and city agencies.