by CheckmateHumanity | Dec 16, 2020 | Bad Robot
Bad Robots – Policing Algorithms Reinforce Existing Racial & Socioeconomic Biases Bad Robot Outcome: Police departments have turned to Artificial Intelligence as a way to increase efficiency and more precisely target crime. However, what happens when the...
by CheckmateHumanity | Nov 24, 2020 | Bad Robot
Bad Robots: “Filter Bubbles” Control The Information We See Online & Drive Us Apart Bad Robot Outcome: Because social media channels and online search engines prioritize content that they believe will be engaging to us, we are often stuck within...
by CheckmateHumanity | Nov 7, 2020 | Bad Robot
Bad Robots: Secretive Facial Recognition Software Company Challenged in Court by Civil Liberties Watchdog Bad Robot Outcome: The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed a lawsuit in the state of Illinois to force the removal of biometric data collected,...
by CheckmateHumanity | Nov 4, 2020 | Bad Robot
Bad Robots: Algorithms Used by Chinese Food Delivery Apps Create Danger for Drivers and Others Bad Robot Outcome: Two of China’s most popular food delivery services came under fire after the wide scale publicization of the perils to their workers, as well as other...
by CheckmateHumanity | Oct 4, 2020 | Bad Robot
Bad Robots – Twitter Faces Backlash Over Racially Problematic Algorithm Bad Robot Outcome: Twitter is re-evaluating an image cropping algorithm after evidence has emerged that the technology seemingly favored images of white individuals while hiding those of...
by CheckmateHumanity | Sep 13, 2020 | Bad Robot
Bad Robots: UK Home Office Backs Away From Immigration Algorithm After Legal Challenge Bad Robot Outcome: After being sued by two groups, the United Kingdom’s Home Office has agreed to halt its use of, and substantially redesign, an algorithm that it had been using to...
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