Biotechnology Sociogenomics is opening a new door to eugenics New ways of using your genetic data could bolster scientific racism and encourage discrimination. by Nathaniel Comfort 2018-10-23T05:00:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines AI Programs Are Learning to Exclude Some African-American Voices Voice interfaces, chatbots, and other systems are discriminating against certain minority dialects. by Will Knight 2017-08-16T15:16:00-04:00
Connectivity Is the Gig Economy Rigged? A new study suggests that racial and gender bias affect the freelancing websites TaskRabbit and Fiverr—and may be baked into underlying algorithms. by Will Knight 2016-11-17T00:00:00-05:00
Connectivity Airbnb Isn’t Really Confronting Its Racism Problem The service may have admitted it needs to root out bias, but it will have to change fundamental parts of its business model to do so. by Jamie Condliffe 2016-09-12T13:20:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines Microsoft’s CEO Calls for Accountable AI, Ignores the Algorithms That Already Rule Our Lives Satya Nadella warns that the smart software of the future may be capable of discrimination. In fact, biased algorithms are already here. by Tom Simonite 2016-06-29T16:10:00-04:00
