The Guardian
Amazon threatened to fire employees for speaking out on climate, workers say
4 min · · Revealed: emails show group of employees who called for stronger climate action by the company were told they risked dismissal · Shared by 53, including Katja Evertz, Tristan Harris, Steve Faulkner SteveFaulkner@mastodon.social, ExApologist, @grzewap@mastodon.social, 💥 Katie Martell, Ray Monk
media.ccc.de
Inside the Fake Like Factories
1 min · · This talk investigates the business of fake likes and fake accounts: In a world, where the number of followers, likes, shares and views a... · Shared by 144, including Harsha Mv, PotHix, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, sircharlsxavier, Dominik Grolimund, Sumomi, Emin Gün Sirer🔺
MIT Technology Review
In 2020, let’s stop AI ethics-washing and actually do something
3 min · · There’s more talk of AI ethics than ever before. But talk is just that—it’s not enough. · Shared by 32, including Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos, Vikram Dutt, John Nosta, Bob E. Hayes, Mark Tabladillo PhD, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Andreas Staub, Ines Bieler, Brian Solis
Les Echos
Novartis va tirer au sort les bénéficiaires du médicament le plus cher du monde
1 min · · Au total, 100 enfants atteints d'amyotrophie spinale, une maladie génétique rare, seront choisis par le laboratoire suisse. Ils bénéficieront du Zolgensma, un médicament facturé plus de 2 millions de…
Forbes
‘The Algorithm Made Me Do It’: Artificial Intelligence Ethics Is Still On Shaky Ground
3 min · · Needed: people to step up and ask the hard questions about why AI results are saying what they are saying. · Shared by 26, including Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Iain Brown, PhD, Bob E. Hayes, Gil Press, Carla Gentry 🎶
Forbes
Ethics In AI: Why Values For Data Matter
3 min · · Addressing ethics in AI today is a requirement for a fair and equitable future tomorrow. As data continues to drive decisions, businesses must ask themselves critical questions about where their data… · Shared by 93, including Tamara McCleary, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Matthias Lampe, Terence Mills, Carla Gentry 🎶, Yves Mulkers, Ronald van Loon, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, John C. Havens (he/him), Brian Solis, Bob E. Hayes, Andreas Staub, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Klaus Eck
NBC News
Facebook says a pro-Trump media outlet used artificial intelligence to create fake people and push conspiracies
3 min · · Facebook took down more than 600 accounts tied to The Epoch Times, a media outlet that has spent heavily on digital ads to push pro-Trump conspiracy theories. · Shared by 20, including Gideonro, Renee DiResta, Amber Mac
Next INpact.com
Et si on encadrait les IA comme les médicaments ?
· Professeur émérite d'intelligence artificielle et de robotique, Noel Sharkley estime que les algorithmes sont tellement « infectés de biais » qu'il ap... · Shared by 4, including jean marc manach @manhack@social.tcit.fr
metro.co.uk
Investigation finds 88% of Tory ads misleading compared to 0% for Labour
3 min · · Over 5,000 Tory ads contained claims branded misleading by Full Fact. · Shared by 35, including Ray Monk, front-end.social/@heydon, A C Grayling #FBPE #Reform #Rejoin #FBPR, Brad Brooks, Guy Longworth, Jake Archibald, Barry C Smith
Mashable
Facebook waited two weeks to tell employees their payroll data was stolen
1 min · · Payroll data belonging to nearly 29,000 current and former Facebook employees was stolen. · Shared by 15, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
ABC News
The ethics of artificial intelligence
· If someone makes a decision you don’t like you can complain to the manager. But what if the decision-maker’s a computer not a person? Computer programs are making more and more decisions from the most… · Shared by 16, including Andreas Staub, Terence Mills
WIRED
How Deepfakes Scramble Our Sense of True and False
1 min · · Artificial intelligence enables more realistic—but fictitious—images and sounds. Researchers are racing to develop better detection tools. · Shared by 33, including Ines Bieler, Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 wesfryer.com/after, Backchannel, Ronald van Loon, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer
VICE
Deepfake Porn Is Evolving to Give People Total Control Over Women's Bodies
5 min · · People are creating a new kind of nonconsensual pornography by combining deepfakes with 3D avatars that can be manipulated to do whatever they want. · Shared by 72, including 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Mathew Ingram, Dr. Alec Couros, Chris Messina, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, rohit, Dr. Walter Veit
The New York Times
Biased Algorithms Are Easier to Fix Than Biased People
5 min · · Racial discrimination by algorithms or by people is harmful — but that’s where the similarities end. · Shared by 80, including Richard H Thaler, Brooks Rainwater, Joanna J Bryson, Michael Seemann, Andreas Staub, luis antónio santos, Eric Topol, Scott McLeod, Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano, Yann LeCun, Anthony Hamelle, Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos, Katja Evertz, Vikram Dutt
TechCrunch
Will the future of work be ethical? Perspectives from MIT Technology Review
7 min · · Excerpts from conversations with Gideon Lichfield, editor in chief of the MIT Technology Review, and Karen Hao, its artificial intelligence reporter. · Shared by 15, including 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Bob E. Hayes
The Guardian
Inside the hate factory: how Facebook fuels far-right profit
16+ min · · Guardian investigation reveals a covert plot to control some of Facebook’s largest far-right pages and harvest Islamophobic hate for profit · Shared by 134, including Bjorn Larsen, luis antónio santos, Noely ⚡️🏐, Ayala Sherbow, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Mark Little, Brad Brooks, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦 @tibor@mastodon.social, Josep M. Ganyet, Matthias Lampe, Loughlin O'Nolan, Mathew Ingram, Faik Ersoy, Katja Evertz