Section 230 reform is just a start, Frances Haugen says in Senate testimony.
A new formula may help black patients’ access to kidney care
Algorithm made it harder for Black patients to qualify for transplants, other treatments.
California Senate passes warehouse workers bill, taking aim at Amazon
For years, algorithms have driven workers to meet punishing quotas.
Please Don’t Stop the Music
Music Expands by byzantiumbooks (cc by)Algorithms are great *but* don’t go to any guilty pleasures or allow any other person to use your account, unless you want those choices feeding into it. I don’t know a way to come back from the pollution of one’s…
Now that machines can learn, can they unlearn?
Researchers see if they can remove sensitive data without retraining AI from scratch.
A mathematician walks into a bar (of disinformation)
Disinformation, misinformation, infotainment, algowars — if the debates over the future of media the past few decades have meant anything, they’ve at least left a pungent imprint on the English language. There’s been a lot of invective and fear over what social media is doing to us, from our individual psychologies and neurologies to wider […]
Apple’s CSAM detection tech is under fire — again
Apple has encountered monumental backlash to a new child sexual abuse material (CSAM) detection technology it announced earlier this month. The system, which Apple calls NeuralHash, has yet to be activated for its billion-plus users, but the technology is already facing heat from security researchers who say the algorithm is producing flawed results. NeuralHash is […]
Hit songs rely on increasing “harmonic surprise” to hook listeners, study finds
Childish Gambino’s “This is America” ranked highest in challenging musical expectations