Leaked documents show an AI upgrade led to an incident where Alexa seemed to favor Kamala Harris over Donald Trump; Amazon says the error was fixed
Caroline O'Donovan / Washington Post :
Internal docs: Google realized last year it illegally underpaid temp staff in many countries for years, but was slow to fix the issue fearing negative publicity
it's about the life that it allows workers to build for themselves outside of the workplace. But for years Google executives chose to deny their workers a better quality of life due to fears of “incre...
Sources show how Amazon repeatedly delayed or scrapped investments in common industry practices like onroad safety training, as it built out its driver network
and the human costs of that system. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... Lara Korte / @lara_korte : Merry Christmas Eve — here's a new investigation by ProPublic/Buzzfeed to really pack on the guilt from...
Sources: Google email warns that accessing internal info without permission can result in termination; activist employees complain about “need to know” language
Caroline O'Donovan / BuzzFeed News : Tweets: @ceodonovan , @technologypoet , @mcmillen , and @johnpaczkowski Tweets: Caroline O'Donovan / @ceodonovan : the latest on what's going on with employee act...
Investigation finds that YouTube is promoting anti-vaccine misinformation in search results and recommendations
BuzzFeed News : Tweets: @passantino , @mat , @ceodonovan , and @ceodonovan See also Mediagazer Tweets: Jon Passantino / @passantino : A search of YouTube for “should i vaccinate my kids” and “are vac...
“User lobbying” by tech firms to sway regulators is now so common that campaign software companies mainly used by nonprofits are now signing deals with startups
Despite $415 million in funding and a giant fleet of electric scooters scattered all across the streets of San Francisco … Tweets: @ceodonovan Tweets: Caroline O'Donovan / @ceodonovan : “Startups can ...
Nextdoor, a social network for neighbors, debuts a new tool to stem racial profiling on its platform, claims 75% success rate in tests
Caroline O'Donovan / BuzzFeed :