Suit Claiming Racial, Income Bias in Rental Algorithm Settled for $2.2 Million November 25, 2024 By Jesse Bedayn Mary Louis’ excitement to move into an apartment in Massachusetts in the spring of 2021 turned to dismay when Louis,...
Biden Signs Sweeping Executive Order Regulating Artificial Intelligence October 30, 2023 By Courtney Rozen and Akayla Gardner President Joe Biden is directing the US government to take a sweeping approach to artificial intelligence regulation, his most significant...
Tutoring Firm Settles EEOC’s First Bias Lawsuit Involving AI Software August 11, 2023 By Daniel Wiessner A China-based tutoring company has agreed to settle a U.S. government agency’s novel lawsuit claiming it used hiring software powered...
INSIGHT: How Big Tech Ethics Panels Are Putting Brakes on AI September 8, 2021 By Paresh Dave and Jeffrey Dastin In September last year, Google’s cloud unit looked into using artificial intelligence to help a financial firm decide whom to...
First U.S. Artificial Intelligence Czar Seeks ‘Responsible Use’ of AI Tools June 8, 2021 By Matt O'Brien, AP Technology Writer Computer scientist Lynne Parker made breakthroughs in getting robots to work together so they could perform difficult missions, like cleaning...
Beneath the Surface: Why Insurers Should Look Beyond “the Tip of the A.I. Iceberg” May 24, 2021 By Elizabeth Blosfield Nearly 75% of respondents in a recent survey from the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud and Shift Technology said they believe...
Google Adds Extra Scrutiny of Its Scientists’ Research on ‘Sensitive Topics’ December 23, 2020 By Paresh Dave and Jeffrey Dastin Alphabet Inc.’s Google this year moved to tighten control over its scientists’ papers by launching a “sensitive topics” review, and...
AI Ethics Scholar’s Exit Adds to Google’s Employment Practices Woes December 7, 2020 By Matt O'Brien, AP Technology Writer Prominent artificial intelligence scholar Timnit Gebru helped improve Google’s public image as a company that elevates Black computer scientists and...
Analyst Warns Regulatory Battle Over AI Bias to Grow; Lemonade Argues It’s Fair February 14, 2020 By Susanne Sclafane As insurers introduce artificial intelligence into pricing and claims handling activities, regulatory focus on disparate impact will grow into “one...
IBM Calls For Rules to Curb Bias in Artificial Intelligence January 22, 2020 By Ben Brody and Olivia Carville IBM called for rules aimed at eliminating bias in artificial intelligence to ease concerns that the technology relies on data...