She’s 26, and Brought Down Uber’s C.E.O. What’s Next?
|| Diversity Equity and Inclusion || Media Article || Medium (5-10 min)
Interview with Susan Fowler, the author of a blog post that exposed problematic behaviour during her time at Uber.
The New York Times
An Algorithm that Grants Freedom, or Takes it Away
|| Algorithmic Bias || Media Article || Medium (5-10 min)
Across the United States and Europe, software is making probation decisions and predicting whether teens will commit crime. Opponents want more human oversight.
We Teach A.I. Systems Everything, Including Our Biases
|| Algorithmic Bias || Media Article || Medium (5-10 min)
Researchers say computer systems are learning from lots and lots of digitized books and news articles that could bake old attitudes into new technology.
When an Algorithm Helps Send You to Prison
|| Algorithmic Bias || Media Article || Long (10+ min)
A case involving a biased computer program designed to assign sentences.
Can an Algorithm Hire Better Than a Human?
|| Algorithmic Bias || Media Article || Medium (5-10 min)
Start-ups say that they can eliminate biases and create more skilled and diverse workplaces, but data science will probably still need human supervision.
2020 Campaigns Throw Their Hands Up on Disinformation
|| Misinformation || Media Article || Medium (5-10 min)
Few politicians have teams to spot false statements about them online, or to fight back before it spreads.
Internet Companies Prepare to Fight the ‘Deepfake’ Future
|| Misinformation || Media Article || Medium (5-10 min)
Researchers are creating tools to find A.I.-generated fake videos before they become impossible to detect. Some experts fear it is a losing battle.
The Perfect Weapon: How Russian Cyberpower Invaded the U.S.
|| Misinformation || Media Article || Medium (5-10 min)
A filing cabinet broken into in 1972 as part of the Watergate burglary sits beside a computer server that Russian hackers breached during the 2016 presidential campaign at the Democratic National Committee’s headquarters in Washington.
To Invade Homes, Tech Is Trying to Get in Your Kitchen
|| Internet/Privacy || Media Article || Medium (5-10 min)
How tech and appliance makers are targeting the kitchen with smart home devices in order to deepen ties with customers.
Another Arrest, and Jail Time, Due to a Bad Facial Recognition Match
|| Facial Recognition || Media Article || Medium (5-10 min)
A New Jersey man was accused of shoplifting and trying to hit an officer with a car. He is the third known Black man to be wrongfully arrested based on face recognition