Users ditch Glassdoor, stunned by site adding real names without consent
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Banks Are Closing Customer Accounts, With Little Explanation
Increasing attention to suspicious-seeming transactions has led to some people suddenly losing access to their bank accounts. The reasons are often a mystery.
Gender bias in recruitment: How AI hiring tools are hindering women’s careers
|| Diversity Equity and Inclusion || Media Article || Short (5 min or less)
Artificial intelligence is enforcing existing gender biases when it comes to recruitment, according to a new report. But it may have one saving grace.
Flawed AI Makes Robots Racist, Sexist
|| Algorithmic Bias || Media Article || Short (5 min or less)
New work led by several universities, including Johns Hopkins, shows that neural networks built from biased Internet data teach robots to enact toxic stereotypes
Focus: U.S. cities are backing off banning facial recognition as crime rises
|| Facial Recognition || Media Article || Short (5 min or less)
Facial recognition is making a comeback in the United States as bans to thwart the technology and curb racial bias in policing come under threat amid a surge in crime and increased lobbying from developers.
IRS plan to scan your face prompts anger in Congress, confusion among taxpayers
|| Facial Recognition || Media Article || Medium (5-10 min)
Starting this summer, you’ll need to provide a video of your face to access the agency’s website. It’s a major expansion of the use of facial recognition software by the government.
How AI can identify people even in anonymized datasets
|| Internet/Privacy || Media Article || Short (5 min or less)
Weekly social interactions form unique signatures that make people stand out
Robots rise to meet the challenge of caring for old people
|| Robotics Applications || Media Article || Short (5 min or less)
Robotics technology is improving, but its routine use in the home, hospital and care settings could be a long way off.
MAN WITH ALS TWEETS USING BRAIN IMPLANT THAT TRANSLATES THOUGHTS INTO TEXT
|| Health and Medical Applications || Media Article || Short (5 min or less)
Group Backed by Top Companies Moves to Combat A.I. Bias in Hiring
Medical Records Data Offers Doctors Hope of Better Patient Care
|| Health and Medical Applications || Media Article || Short (5 min or less)
Healthcare professionals are beginning to tap the treasure trove of information locked in electronic health records to treat people in real time
Walmart is using fully driverless trucks to ramp up its online grocery business
|| Media Article || Short (5 min or less)
Walmart and Silicon Valley start-up Gatik said that, since August, they’ve operated two autonomous box trucks, without a safety driver, on a 7-mile loop daily for 12 hours.
Young People, Especially Young Women, Are Reporting Concerning Medical And Behavioral Changes Due To Social Media, And I Hope We’re Paying Attention
|| Internet/Privacy || Blog Post || Short (5 min or less)
In part one of this week's newsletter: Why people are already dismissing a Wall Street Journal article about teens developing severe tics after watching numerous TikToks from influencers diagnosed with Tourette syndrome.
Privacy fears as Moscow metro rolls out facial recognition pay system
|| Facial Recognition || Media Article || Short (5 min or less)
Campaigners say Face Pay, launched in over 240 stations, is ‘dangerous step’ in efforts to control population
Washington Wants to Regulate Facebook's Algorithm. That Might Be Unconstitutional
|| Internet/Privacy || Media Article || Short (5 min or less)
Uber Drivers Say a 'Racist' Algorithm Is Putting Them Out of Work
|| Algorithmic Bias || Media Article || Short (5 min or less)
AI Weekly: EU facial recognition ban highlights need for U.S. legislation
|| Facial Recognition || Media Article || Short (5 min or less)
Managing harmful vaccine content on YouTube
|| Misinformation || Short (5 min or less)
We're expanding our medical misinformation policies on YouTube with new guidelines on vaccines
Tesla to Expand Full Self-Driving Beta, But Top Safety Official Says It Needs to Tackle 'Basic Safety Issues' First
|| Media Article || Short (5 min or less)
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board has opened multiple investigations into fatal Tesla crashes involving its Autopilot system.