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Tesla to Expand Full Self-Driving Beta, But Top Safety Official Says It Needs to Tackle 'Basic Safety Issues' First
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The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board has opened multiple investigations into fatal Tesla crashes involving its Autopilot system.
Walmart is using fully driverless trucks to ramp up its online grocery business
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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.
Flawed AI Makes Robots Racist, Sexist
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New work led by several universities, including Johns Hopkins, shows that neural networks built from biased Internet data teach robots to enact toxic stereotypes
Group Backed by Top Companies Moves to Combat A.I. Bias in Hiring
Facebook Algorithm Shows Gender Bias in Job Ads, Study Finds
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Researchers found the platform’s algorithms promoted roles to certain users; company pledges to continue work in removing bias from recommendations
Fired by Bot at Amazon: ‘It’s You Against the Machine’
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Contract drivers say algorithms terminate them by email—even when they have done nothing wrong.
Student proves Twitter algorithm ‘bias’ toward lighter, slimmer, younger faces
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Company pays $3,500 to Bogdan Kulynych who demonstrated flaw in image cropping software
Uber Drivers Say a 'Racist' Algorithm Is Putting Them Out of Work
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After Backlash, Predictive Policing Adapts to a Changed World
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Software developers and city governments are rethinking how and when to use algorithms that promise to curb crime