racism

All stories in racism

• Algorithms behaving badly: 2020 edition

  The perils of leaving important decisions to computer algorithms are pretty easily imagined (see, e.g., “Minority Report,” ...

  • The Markup

• Disney+ adds a stronger warning ahead of films with racist stereotypes

  Disney has quietly introduced a new disclaimer to some of its films. When you start watching these films, you'll be treated ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Here's what it'll take to clean up esports' toxic and sexist culture

  In day-to-day life, you probably haven’t had someone yell at you, “Get back in the kitchen and make me a sandwich!” ...

  • The Conversation

• Data-informed predictive policing was heralded as less biased. Is it?

  When George Floyd was killed in May after a police officer pressed a knee into the man’s neck, millions of Americans ...

  • The Markup

• Funding Black scientists could help dismantle structural racism in research

  The cumulative effects of structural racism were the major contributing factor in the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 ...

  • The Conversation

• MIT removes huge dataset that teaches AI systems to use racist, misogynistic slurs

  MIT has taken offline a massive and highly-cited dataset that trained AI systems to use racist and misogynistic terms to ...

  • Georgina Ustik

• Stop calling it bias. AI is racist

  Robert Williams was wrongfully arrested earlier this year in Detroit, Michigan on suspicion of stealing five watches from ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Viral videos of racism: how old civil rights strategies are being used today

  After a black bird-watcher filmed a white dog-walker on May 25 calling the police on him in response to his request she obey ...

  • The Conversation

• Microsoft's AI editor uses photo of wrong mixed-race popstar in story about racism

  Microsoft's AI editor uses photo of wrong mixed-race popstar in story about racism

  • Thomas Macaulay

• 7 ways businesses can value black lives (beyond social media posts)

  After a black bird-watcher filmed a white dog-walker on May 25 calling the police on him in response to his request she obey ...

  • The Conversation

• Byte Me #16: Breonna Taylor, police surveillance, and virtuencers

  Welcome back to Byte Me, our feminist newsletter that makes everyone mad <3

  • Cara Curtis

• Reddit's co-founder resigns, asks to be replaced by black candidate

  Reddit's Alexis Ohanian is stepping down from its board, to clear the way for a black candidate and to dedicate time to fighting ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Call of Duty: Warzone now shows message of support for Black Lives Matter

  Call of Duty developer Infinity Ward has updated Modern Warfare with a message of support for the Black Lives Matter movement. ...

  • Mix

• Tim Cook addresses George Floyd's killing with a statement on racism

  Apple's Tim Cook addressed George Floyd's "senseless" killing in a statemement, committing to "creating a better, more just ...

  • Mix

• LAPD ditches predictive policing program accused of racial bias

  The Los Angeles Police Department is dumping a controversial predictive policing program that forecasts where property crimes ...

  • Thomas Macaulay

• India is finally cracking down on the doxxing of coronavirus patients

  As the number of coronavirus cases in India is rising, the country is trying hard to contain the outbreak through strict ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• New US Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany ran a racist, right-wing conspiracy blog

  I'm about three hours into a deep wallow in new US Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany's blog and – spoiler alert – it's ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Studies of racist algorithms don't break anti-hacking law, court rules

  A federal court has ruled that research into racist algorithms doesn't breach the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), a ...

  • Thomas Macaulay

• Speech recognition technology is racist, study finds

  Study finds that speech recognition developed by Amazon, Google, Apple, Microsoft, and IBM make almost twice as many errors ...

  • Thomas Macaulay

• Facebook’s black employees say the company has a racism problem

  A group of anonymous black Facebook — past and present — employees have published an open letter stating the company's ...

  • Cara Curtis

• UK passport program uses AI to create a virtual speed-line for white people

  The lighter your skin, the better AI-powered facial recognition systems work for you. The UK Home Office knows this, because ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Study: Humans' racial biases extend even to black and white robots

  A study called “Robots and Racism,” the human tendency to stereotype racial bias is expanding into the world of robotics.  ...

  • Cara Curtis

• AIs are being trained on racist data – and it’s starting to show

  Machine learning algorithms process vast quantities of data and spot correlations, trends and anomalies, at levels far beyond ...

  • Binary District Journal