Twitter’s racist algorithm is also ageist, ableist and Islamaphobic, researchers find
Researchers looked at how the algorithm, which automatically edited photos to focus on people’s faces, dealt with a variety of different people and saw evidence that Muslims, people with disabilities and older people faced similar discrimination. The same artificial intelligence had learned to ignore people with white or gray hair, who wore headscarves for religious or other reasons, or who used wheelchairs, researchers said.
The findings were part of a first-of-its-kind contest hosted by Twitter over the weekend at the Def Con hacker conference in Las Vegas. The company invited researchers to unearth new ways to prove that an image-cropping algorithm was inadvertently coded to be biased against particular groups of people. Twitter gave out cash prizes including $3,500 to the winner and small amounts for runners up.
It’s a unique step in what has become an important field of research: Finding ways that automated systems trained by existing data resources have become imbued with existing biases in society.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/twitters-racist-algorithm-also-ageist-ableist-islamaphobic-researchers-rcna1632
Today I’m announcing that I will require state employees and workers in private health and long-term care settings to be vaccinated as a condition of employment.
Individuals covered by this order will have until October 18 to be fully vaccinated.
https://twitter.com/GovInslee/status/1424829294820266021
R&B star R Kelly jurors summoned for sex trafficking trial
Lingering health threats caused by the coronavirus pandemic and a shakeup of Kelly’s defense team pushed the trial into the summer, nearly two years after he was charged with abusing women and girls for nearly two decades.
U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly began questioning potential jurors about whether they can keep an open mind about Kelly two years after he was charged with abusing women and girls for nearly two decades. She reminded them the defendant was presumed innocent and that they should not be influenced by any bad publicity Kelly has faced over the accusations.
https://apnews.com/article/r-kelly-sex-trafficking-trial-jury-selection-1ef1de4db32335c2f62e37e64ffe24ba
Jeffrey Epstein Accuser Virginia Giuffre Is 'Holding Prince Andrew Accountable' with Lawsuit
https://people.com/royals/prince-andrew-sued-by-jeffrey-epstein-accuser-virginia-roberts-giuffre/