Many AI ethics advisory boards consist mostly of people based in Europe or the US, which may lead to standards that are biased and insensitive to local cultures
Too many councils and advisory boards still consist mostly of people based in Europe or the United States. Tweets: @dorotheabaur , @swisscognitive , @hypervisible , and @hkanji Tweets: Dorothea Baur /...
Interview with cryptographer Seny Kamara, who argues that to aid marginalized groups, cryptography research must be motivated by specific, on-the-ground needs
Lily Hay Newman / Wired : Tweets: @wired , @senykam , @lokmantsui , and @hypervisible Tweets: @wired : Even when encryption technologies are brought to underserved communities, they arrive retrofitte...
The technocratic language Facebook uses in its takedown reports hides the human trauma caused by material that exists only because Facebook made it possible
These reports obscure a torrent of hate speech and other toxic content — If — you've never read a Facebook … Tweets: @neilturkewitz , @sagelazzaro , @jackiehluo , @funnymonkey , @tressiemcphd , @o...
US law enforcement agencies are getting more savvy about using information collected by smart speakers and other devices as part of criminal investigations
Requests are rising from law enforcement for information on the devices, which can include internet queries, food orders, and overheard conversations. Tweets: @wired , @hypervisible , @zenalbatross , ...
As companies start using AI-software to detect race or ethnicity, often as part of market research, researchers worry it will fuel bias and discrimination
When Revlon Inc. wanted to know what lipstick women of different races and in different countries were wearing, the cosmetics giant didn't need to send out a survey. Tweets: @georgejoseph94 , @evan_gr...