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Facebook enables gender discrimination in job ads, European human rights body rules

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Facebook enables gender discrimination in job ads, European human rights body rules

The Netherlands Institute for Human Rights has ruled that Meta engaged in gender-based discrimination via its algorithm that promoted job Editor’s Note: This story is part of ‘Systems Error’, a …

CNN

Human Rights Job Europe Dutch

Facebook enables gender discrimination in job ads, European human rights body rules

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Facebook enables gender discrimination in job ads, European human rights body rules

The Netherlands Institute for Human Rights has ruled that Meta engaged in gender-based discrimination via its algorithm that promoted job Editor’s Note: This story is part of ‘Systems Error’, a …

CNN

Human Rights Job Europe Dutch

Google just updated its algorithm. The Internet will never be the same

10 months, 3 weeks ago

Google just updated its algorithm. The Internet will never be the same

Google just updated its algorithm. Going forward, Pichai said, Google Search would provide its own AI-generated answers to many of your questions, a feature called "AI Overviews" that's already rolled …

BBC

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Twitter to open source its algorithm, Elon Musk says

2 years, 1 month ago

Twitter to open source its algorithm, Elon Musk says

Twitter is planning to open source its algorithm from next week, according to a tweet by its chief, Elon Musk. The Twitter CEO has been supporting the idea to open …

TheHindu

Musk Open Algorithm Open Source

Child welfare algorithm faces Justice Department scrutiny

2 years, 2 months ago

Child welfare algorithm faces Justice Department scrutiny

PITTSBURGH — The Justice Department has been scrutinizing a controversial artificial intelligence tool used by a Pittsburgh-area child protective services agency following concerns that the tool could lead to discrimination …

AP

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TikTok will reveal its algorithm in the future, calls Instagram Reels a copied product

4 years, 8 months ago

TikTok will reveal its algorithm in the future, calls Instagram Reels a copied product

Chinese video-making app TikTok will now reveal its algorithm, moderation policies, and data flows to regulators. TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer in a blog post said, “The entire industry has received …

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Facebook’s most shared story of 2019 is a 119-word local crime brief from Central Texas.

6 years ago

Facebook’s most shared story of 2019 is a 119-word local crime brief from Central Texas.

On an otherwise ordinary Sunday in late January, a 32-year-old web editor for a chain of local radio stations in Central Texas ran across a news item that he found …

Slate

Crime Local Texas Content

Google has ‘fixed’ its algorithm that categorised people as 'Gorillas' with a not so elegant solution

7 years, 3 months ago

Google has ‘fixed’ its algorithm that categorised people as 'Gorillas' with a not so elegant solution

The representative from Google added, “Image labelling technology is still early and unfortunately, it’s nowhere near perfect.” Do you remember the time when Google ’s image recognition algorithm created a …

Google Image Fix Algorithm

Are Google results free speech protected by the First Amendment?

10 years, 4 months ago

Are Google results free speech protected by the First Amendment?

Over the past few years, the Supreme Court has welcomed an unprecedented number of nonhumans into the personhood club. In a recent case, the search engine giant argued that its …

Slate

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