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Couriers say Uber’s ‘racist’ facial identification tech got them fired - 21 mars 2021
BAME couriers working for Uber Eats and Uber claim that the company’s flawed identification technology is costing them their livelihoods
Uber Eats couriers say they have been fired because the company’s “racist” facial identification software is incapable of recognising their faces. The system, which Uber describes (...)
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The Algorithmic Auditing Trap. - 18 mars 2021
‘Bias audits’ for discriminatory tools are a promising idea, but current approaches leave much to be desired
This op-ed was written by Mona Sloane, a sociologist and senior research scientist at the NYU Center for Responsible A.I. and a fellow at the NYU Institute for Public Knowledge. Her work focuses on design (...)
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Politicians can do well on Instagram. Political posts, less so. - 13 mars 2021
An experiment by AlgorithmWatch, Groene Amsterdammer, Pointer and NOS in the Netherlands shows that Instagram probably prioritizes images of faces and pushes down images that contain text.
On 5 February 2021, Daniel Koerhuis posted a selfie from the banks of the Waal river in Nijmegen, with children in the (...)
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Data Action. Using Data for Public Good - 9 mars 2021
Many books denounce the creation, collection and analysis of data as a source of discrimination, injustice, exclusion. This one goes one step further. Data, Sarah Williams explains, has the same potential to harm society as it has to do good. She knows from experience that data cannot be dissociated from the (...)
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Facebook faces US investigation for ’systemic’ racial bias in hiring - 9 mars 2021
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission indicates it suspects company policies may fuel broad discrimination
A US agency investigating Facebook for racial bias in hiring and promotions has designated its inquiry as “systemic”, meaning it suspects company policies may be contributing to widespread discrimination. (...)
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Lois souples vs algorithmes rigides - 8 mars 2021
Pour Marlies van Eck (@marliesEck), avocate et chercheuse à la Radboud Université (Pays-Bas), l’utilisation d’algorithmes pour détecter la fraude sociale suppose une forte interdépendance des systèmes entre eux, sans offrir de garanties suffisantes en cas de défaillances.
Couverture du livre The Algorithmic SocietyEn (...)
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« Le baby-foot, c’est cool, mais le droit du travail, c’est encore mieux » : dans les start-up, des salariés dénoncent un management toxique - 3 mars 2021
Depuis deux mois, une page Instagram recueille des témoignages accablants sur les conditions de travail dans ces petites entreprises.
« L’un des patrons appelait un manager “mon toutou” devant tout le monde, alors qu’il faisait juste bien son travail, raconte au Monde Vincent (les prénoms ont été modifiés), un ancien (...)
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Smile for the camera : the dark side of China’s emotion-recognition tech - 3 mars 2021
Xi Jinping wants ‘positive energy’ but critics say the surveillance tools’ racial bias and monitoring for anger or sadness should be banned
Ordinary people here in China aren’t happy about this technology but they have no choice. If the police say there have to be cameras in a community, people will just have to live (...)
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Automated racism : How tech can entrench bias - 2 mars 2021
Dutch benefits scandal highlights need for EU scrutiny.
In the run-up to parliamentary elections in the Netherlands this month, center-right and extreme right parties are outdoing one another in calling for a surveillance state that will come down on marginalized and minority groups in all its might.
This should (...)
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Objective or Biased - 2 mars 2021
On the questionable use of Artificial Intelligence for job applications
Software programs promise to identify the personality traits of job candidates based on short videos. With the help of Artificial Intelligence (AI) they are supposed to make the selection process of candidates more objective and faster.
An (...)
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Vaccinés, vos papiers ! - 2 mars 2021
Lentement mais sûrement, l’idée d’un passeport vaccinal en France fait son chemin. Certains pays comme Israël avancent franchement sur ce point et l’ont déjà validé concernant les transports aériens vers des pays le mettant également en place (Chypre et la Grèce), appuyés en cela par le taux de leur population déjà vaccinée (...)
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Police Drones Are Starting to Think for Themselves - 1er mars 2021
In one Southern California city, flying drones with artificial intelligence are aiding investigations while presenting new civil rights questions.
CHULA VISTA, Calif. — When the Chula Vista police receive a 911 call, they can dispatch a flying drone with the press of a button.
On a recent afternoon, from a (...)
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Le boom des algorithmes de recrutement et la difficulté de les évaluer - 1er mars 2021
Près de 40 % des services RH utiliseraient des algorithmes prédictifs. La bonne nouvelle c’est qu’ils commencent à être audités. La mauvaise est qu’il reste complexe de mesurer leur prétendue objectivité.
Demander à un candidat de gonfler des ballons sur un jeu vidéo pour vérifier ses compétences. L’idée peut paraître (...)
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Why Is Facebook Rejecting These Fashion Ads ? - 26 février 2021
Earlier this year Mighty Well, an adaptive clothing company that makes fashionable gear for people with disabilities, did something many newish brands do : It tried to place an ad for one of its most popular products on Facebook.
The product in question was a gray zip-up hoodie ($39.95) with the message : “I am (...)
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Fichage racial chez Adecco : une procédure interminable malgré des aveux accablants - 25 février 2021
La chambre de l’instruction de la cour d’appel de Paris doit rendre jeudi son jugement concernant les suites à donner aux mises en examen de la société d’intérim Adecco et de ses dirigeants de l’agence Paris Restauration Montparnasse. Ils sont accusés d’avoir établi un système de fichages racial permettant d’écarter les (...)
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Google fires Margaret Mitchell, another top researcher on its AI ethics team - 22 février 2021
The dismissal comes after prominent Black researcher Timnit Gebru was fired in December ; both had called for more diversity among research staff
Google has fired one of its top artificial intelligence researchers, Margaret Mitchell, escalating internal turmoil at the company following the departure of Timnit (...)
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Google fires top AI ethics researcher Margaret Mitchell - 20 février 2021
Google has fired Margaret Mitchell, the founder and former co-lead of the company’s ethical AI team. Mitchell announced the news via a tweet.
Google confirmed Mitchell’s firing in a statement to TechCrunch ; Google said :
After conducting a review of this manager’s conduct, we confirmed that there were multiple (...)
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Facial recognition tech stories and rights harms from around the world - 12 février 2021
A new report by the International Network of Civil Liberties Organisations looks at the use and abuse of facial recognition technology by states across the globe, providing detailed case studies from the Americas, Africa, Asia, Australia and Europe.
From Delhi to Detroit, Budapest to Bogota, Facial Recognition (...)
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Where Do Vaccine Doses Go, and Who Gets Them ? The Algorithms Decide - 12 février 2021
Health agencies and hospitals are using different formulas to allocate the coronavirus shots, exacerbating disparities in vaccine access.
Faced with the daunting task of parceling out a limited supply of coronavirus vaccines, Trump administration officials came up with a seemingly simple formula last year to (...)
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Algoritmes zoeken naar bijstand-fraudeurs, welke rol speelt etnisch profileren ? - 12 février 2021
"Ik weet niet waar de gemeente precies op zoekt, maar ik denk dat ik word geprofileerd op mijn buitenlandse afkomst."
Aan het woord is Miryam - niet haar echte naam. Ze krijgt een bijstandsuitkering in de gemeente Nissewaard, waar ook Spijkenisse onder valt. Die gemeente gebruikt ’slimme’ algoritmes om (...)
