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China Is About to Regulate AI—and the World Is Watching
Wen Li, a Shanghai marketer in the hospitality industry, first suspected that an algorithm was messing with her when she…
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YouTube’s Olympics Highlights Are Riddled With Propaganda
Sports fans who tuned in to watch the Beijing Winter Olympics on YouTube are instead being served propaganda videos. An…
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It’s Not Just the IRS—the US Government Wants Your Selfies
That document recommends encouraging people to use long, memorable passwords rather than forcing them to frequently change them or specifying…
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When It Comes to Health Care, AI Has a Long Way to Go
That’s because health data such as medical imaging, vital signs, and data from wearable devices can vary for reasons unrelated…
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This AI Software Nearly Predicted Omicron’s Tricky Structure
The way predictions raced ahead of experiments on Omicron’s spike protein reflects a recent sea change in molecular biology brought…
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A Move for ‘Algorithmic Reparation’ Calls for Racial Justice in AI
Supporters of algorithmic reparation suggest taking lessons from curation professionals such as librarians, who’ve had to consider how to ethically…
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Facebook Says Its New AI Can Identify More Problems Faster
Few-Shot Learner is pretrained on a firehose of billions of Facebook posts and images in more than 100 languages. The…
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Congress Takes Aim at the Algorithms
“I agree in principle that there should be liability, but I don’t think we’ve found the right set of terms…
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The Movement to Hold AI Accountable Gains More Steam
A forthcoming report by the Algorithmic Justice League (AJL), a private nonprofit, recommends requiring disclosure when an AI model is…
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This Company Tapped AI for Its Website—and Landed in Court
Automating the work of complying with those guidelines could make the web more welcoming. But more than 600 accessibility experts…
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