Justice Department Scrutinizes Child Welfare Algorithm for Possible Bias February 6, 2023 By Sally Ho and Garance Burke The Justice Department has been scrutinizing a controversial artificial intelligence tool used by a Pittsburgh-area child protective services agency following...
How Real Are ‘Ethical Artificial Intelligence’ Efforts by Tech Giants? April 11, 2019 By Matt O'Brien and Rachel Lerman The biggest tech companies want the public to know that they’re taking special care to ensure that their use of...
Accenture Offers Way to Erase Gender, Racial, Ethnic Bias in Artificial Intelligence June 13, 2018 By Jeremy Kahn Consulting firm Accenture has a new tool to help businesses detect and eliminate gender, racial and ethnic bias in artificial...
Ethics and Incentives Behind Driverless Car, Insurance, Other Algorithms: Viewpoint April 10, 2018 By Cathy O'Neil Self-driving cars keep killing people. Just in the past few weeks, one crashed into a highway barrier and another ran...