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AI Can Guess Your Race Based On X-Rays, and Researchers Don't Know How
Experts say medical images like X-Rays and CT scans allow algorithms to determine a patient's race—and warn it could lead to bias and discrimination.
This Tool Lets You Program an Entire App With One Voice Command
Building on OpenAI's Codex system, CodeVox turns spoken, natural language into lines of code.
Police Are Telling ShotSpotter to Alter Evidence From Gunshot-Detecting AI
Prosecutors in Chicago are being forced to withdraw evidence generated by the technology, which led to the police killing of 13-year-old Adam Toledo earlier this year.
This Tool Shows How Google Changes Its Search Results Around the World
'Search Atlas' lets you see beyond the filter bubble that Google's algorithms have built around you.
An Insurance Startup Bragged It Uses AI to Detect Fraud. It Didn’t Go Well
Lemonade backtracked after suggesting it uses “non-verbal cues” like eye movements to reject claims. Its response raises more questions than answers.
Google’s New Dermatology App Wasn’t Designed for People With Darker Skin
The company trained the system to recognize different skin conditions. But like Google itself, the app's data has a diversity problem.
Ford Wants Billboards to Beam Distracting Ads to Screens Inside Your Car
The company's recently-patented idea for in-car advertising sounds like a disaster waiting to happen.
Schools Use Software That Blocks LGBTQ+ Content, But Not White Supremacists
A Motherboard investigation found the algorithmic surveillance tools allow racist groups like the KKK while flagging LGBTQ health sites as 'porn'.
Amazon’s New Algorithm Will Set Workers’ Schedules According to Muscle Use
In Jeff Bezos' last letter to shareholders as Amazon CEO, he laid out a plan to increase safety by algorithmically managing workers' bodies.
Brain Chips and Biometrics: The Future of How We’ll Consume Music
Inside music tech's battle for your brain, your ears, and your emotions.
‘Coded Bias’ Is the Most Important Film About AI You Can Watch Today
The new documentary is an essential introduction to algorithmic bias—and the systems that gave rise to it.
People With Disabilities Say This AI Tool Is Making the Web Worse for Them
AccessiBe aims to make the internet fully accessible to the visually impaired by 2025—but activists say the company's AI is making things worse.