Tag #Algorithmic Bias

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Cognitive Colonialism: How AI Systems Shape Our Thoughts

AI systems, primarily developed by powerful tech companies, are shaping human thought globally, mirroring historical colonial patterns of extraction and influence.

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40% Bias Score

Reduced Inequality
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🌐 95% Global Worthiness
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Meta's AI Chatbot Failures Highlight Systemic Safety Collapse

Meta's internal AI chatbot policies allowed for harmful interactions, resulting in a death and prompting regulatory scrutiny; the company acknowledged inconsistencies in enforcement and removed problematic examples.

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56% Bias Score

Good Health and Well-being
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TikTok Launches Community Fact-Checking Feature Amidst Social Media Trend

TikTok is rolling out its community-based fact-checking feature, Footnotes, in the US, allowing users to add context notes to videos and vote on their visibility, mirroring similar initiatives on platforms like Meta and X, aiming to combat misinformation, although its efficacy and challenges remain.

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36% Bias Score

Quality Education
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🌐 75% Global Worthiness
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Algorithmic Bias in Recruitment: Exposing Discrimination in Automated Hiring

Hubert Guillaud's "Les Algorithmes contre la société" exposes the flaws of automated systems, particularly in recruitment, where keyword-matching algorithms discriminate against older workers and women over 40, resulting in a 30% lower callback rate compared to younger applicants, according to a Ban...

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68% Bias Score

Reduced Inequality
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Algorithms in Law Enforcement: Balancing Efficiency and Equity

Algorithms are increasingly used in law enforcement and the justice system to predict crime and recidivism, raising concerns about bias, transparency, and accountability, despite potential benefits in consistency and efficiency.

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20% Bias Score

Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions
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Congress Investigates Tech Companies' DEI Efforts in AI

The House Judiciary Committee is investigating six major tech companies for their DEI work in AI, following a shift in Washington's priorities from algorithmic discrimination to 'woke AI', impacting future initiatives and funding for inclusive AI development.

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64% Bias Score

Reduced Inequality
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AI Inherits Human Biases, Amplifying Discrimination and Inaccuracy

A recent experiment revealed that AI loan approval models, trained on human data, exhibit biases mirroring human cognitive flaws like representativeness, availability, anchoring, framing, loss aversion, overconfidence, probability weighting, and status quo bias, resulting in discriminatory outcomes.

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56% Bias Score

Reduced Inequality
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Drake Sues Universal Music Group, Exposing Algorithmic Manipulation in Music Streaming

Drake sued Universal Music Group, alleging they manipulated Spotify streams to boost Kendrick Lamar's music at his expense, highlighting issues of algorithmic manipulation and lack of transparency in the streaming industry projected to have 827 million paid subscribers by 2025.

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40% Bias Score

Reduced Inequality
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AI Streamlines Spanish Local Government, But Regulation Lags

AI implementation in Bétera, Valencia's local government has saved 20% of report writing time, but widespread adoption in Spain faces challenges due to lack of regulation, training, and strategic planning, raising concerns about data privacy, algorithmic bias, and transparency.

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52% Bias Score

Reduced Inequality
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AI-Driven Health Insurance Premiums Raise Ethical Concerns

An AI-driven system allowing personalized health insurance premiums based on health, behavior, and living conditions risks increasing costs for lower socioeconomic groups, despite potential benefits for many, highlighting ethical concerns and the need for stronger ethical infrastructure in organizat...

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44% Bias Score

Reduced Inequality
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AI Bias: Amplifying Societal Inequalities

AI systems trained on biased data perpetuate and amplify societal inequalities, impacting hiring, loan applications, and medical diagnoses; researchers are exploring mitigation techniques, while the EU's AI Act aims for responsible implementation.

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48% Bias Score

Reduced Inequality
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AI 50 List Highlights Stark Gender Imbalance

The Forbes 2025 AI 50 list reveals a significant gender imbalance, with only seven female founders among fifty companies; five of these women are immigrants, highlighting systemic issues in access to funding and opportunities within the AI sector.

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60% Bias Score

Gender Equality

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