Here is some advice on how everybody can take power back from Big Tech companies like Facebook and Google.
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Whisper’s hearing aids use AI to boost speech and reduce noise
Whisper, a startup founded by former Facebook employees, raised $53 million to develop a pair of AI-powered hearing aids.
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Building Wakanda
The Black Panther presents a vision of technology that benefits humanity and free of oppression; there are technologists building in that spirit today.
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The Social Dilemma: How digital platforms pose an existential threat to society
The Social Dilemma is a new Netflix documentary that explores the negative impact social networks are having on society and humanity.
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AI Weekly: Facebook’s discriminatory ad targeting illustrates the dangers of biased algorithms
Flawed Facebook ad-targeting algorithms are only the latest example of AI and machine learning algorithms gone terribly awry.
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The term ‘ethical AI’ is finally starting to mean something
2020 has seen the emergence of a new wave of ethical AI – one focused on the tough questions of power, equity, and justice.
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Autonomous vehicles should benefit those with disabilities, but progress remains slow
Autonomous cars hold great promise for people living with disabilities, but carmakers need to prioritize those features in vehicle design.
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Researchers claim their AI can hear if a speaker is wearing a mask
In a new study, researchers claim they’ve developed a way to detect whether someone’s wearing a mask from the sound of their speech.
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Researchers claim bias in AI named entity recognition models
Researchers show evidence of demographic bias in named entity recognition models. They’re more likely to accurately recognize white names, on average.
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UC Berkeley’s Niloufar Salehi on restorative justice in social media
UC Berkeley assistant professor Niloufar Salehi is exploring how to apply restorative justice to social media platforms as part of an NSF grant.