Urgent Need for Proactive AI Governance in Business
AI's integration into business necessitates robust governance to mitigate bias, privacy breaches, and public distrust; CEOs must implement ethical AI practices, including appointing a Chief AI Officer, to avoid legal and reputational damage.
Urgent Need for Proactive AI Governance in Business
AI's integration into business necessitates robust governance to mitigate bias, privacy breaches, and public distrust; CEOs must implement ethical AI practices, including appointing a Chief AI Officer, to avoid legal and reputational damage.
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40% Bias Score
Grand Est Region Deactivates X Accounts Over Misinformation Concerns
French regional president Franck Leroy deactivated his and his region's X accounts due to concerns about Elon Musk's support for neo-Nazis, X's algorithms promoting fake news and conspiracy theories, and the platform's role in influencing democratic processes, citing the annulment of Romania's presi...
Grand Est Region Deactivates X Accounts Over Misinformation Concerns
French regional president Franck Leroy deactivated his and his region's X accounts due to concerns about Elon Musk's support for neo-Nazis, X's algorithms promoting fake news and conspiracy theories, and the platform's role in influencing democratic processes, citing the annulment of Romania's presi...
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56% Bias Score
Decentralized Mastodon Challenges Centralized Social Media's Control
Sander van der Waal, a researcher, highlights Mastodon's decentralized nature, enabling users to self-govern servers, contrasting it with centralized platforms like X and Instagram, controlled by corporations, sparking a debate on online responsibility and the future of digital public spaces.
Decentralized Mastodon Challenges Centralized Social Media's Control
Sander van der Waal, a researcher, highlights Mastodon's decentralized nature, enabling users to self-govern servers, contrasting it with centralized platforms like X and Instagram, controlled by corporations, sparking a debate on online responsibility and the future of digital public spaces.
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52% Bias Score
DCSA Uses AI to Streamline Security Clearances, Prioritizing Transparency
The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) uses AI to organize data and prioritize threats in the security clearance process for millions of federal employees, focusing on transparency and avoiding AI systems that make independent decisions, to ensure accuracy and mitigate bias.
DCSA Uses AI to Streamline Security Clearances, Prioritizing Transparency
The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) uses AI to organize data and prioritize threats in the security clearance process for millions of federal employees, focusing on transparency and avoiding AI systems that make independent decisions, to ensure accuracy and mitigate bias.
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32% Bias Score
Undisclosed TikTok Promotions in Romanian Presidential Campaign Spark EU Investigation
Romanian presidential candidate Călin Georgescu's campaign benefited from undisclosed TikTok promotions, violating electoral rules by failing to disclose advertising sources, prompting an EU investigation into the platform's impact on future elections.
Undisclosed TikTok Promotions in Romanian Presidential Campaign Spark EU Investigation
Romanian presidential candidate Călin Georgescu's campaign benefited from undisclosed TikTok promotions, violating electoral rules by failing to disclose advertising sources, prompting an EU investigation into the platform's impact on future elections.
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48% Bias Score
Algorithm Targets Vulnerable Mothers in French Health Insurance Checks
The French national health insurance fund uses an algorithm to target controls of the solidarity health supplement (C2S), focusing on women over 25 with at least one minor child, which has raised ethical and legal concerns regarding potential discrimination against vulnerable mothers.
Algorithm Targets Vulnerable Mothers in French Health Insurance Checks
The French national health insurance fund uses an algorithm to target controls of the solidarity health supplement (C2S), focusing on women over 25 with at least one minor child, which has raised ethical and legal concerns regarding potential discrimination against vulnerable mothers.
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64% Bias Score
Australian Music's Hottest 100 Low: A Streaming Era Challenge
Triple J's 2024 Hottest 100 saw a record low 29 Australian artists, reigniting debate about the challenges facing the local music industry in the age of global streaming, dominated by algorithms prioritizing international acts and large labels.
Australian Music's Hottest 100 Low: A Streaming Era Challenge
Triple J's 2024 Hottest 100 saw a record low 29 Australian artists, reigniting debate about the challenges facing the local music industry in the age of global streaming, dominated by algorithms prioritizing international acts and large labels.
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40% Bias Score
Musk's Actions Expose Europe's Vulnerability to Tech Oligarch Interference
Elon Musk's actions, including suggesting the overthrow of the UK government and hosting a German far-right candidate on X, coupled with US tech oligarchs' political influence and control over algorithms, pose a significant threat to European democracy, demanding urgent EU action.
Musk's Actions Expose Europe's Vulnerability to Tech Oligarch Interference
Elon Musk's actions, including suggesting the overthrow of the UK government and hosting a German far-right candidate on X, coupled with US tech oligarchs' political influence and control over algorithms, pose a significant threat to European democracy, demanding urgent EU action.
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64% Bias Score
Meta Overhauls Content Moderation, Removing Fact-Checkers
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced sweeping changes to Facebook and Instagram's content moderation, removing third-party fact-checkers and replacing them with a community-based system, citing concerns about political bias and aiming for increased free speech, a decision raising concerns about the sp...
Meta Overhauls Content Moderation, Removing Fact-Checkers
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced sweeping changes to Facebook and Instagram's content moderation, removing third-party fact-checkers and replacing them with a community-based system, citing concerns about political bias and aiming for increased free speech, a decision raising concerns about the sp...
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60% Bias Score
AI-Powered Tenant Screening Tool Settles Discrimination Lawsuit for $2.3 Million
Mary Louis and other renters sued SafeRent, an AI-powered tenant screening tool, for discrimination under the Fair Housing Act, alleging its algorithm unfairly rejected Black and Hispanic applicants using housing vouchers; the company settled for $2.3 million and agreed to halt using its scoring sys...
AI-Powered Tenant Screening Tool Settles Discrimination Lawsuit for $2.3 Million
Mary Louis and other renters sued SafeRent, an AI-powered tenant screening tool, for discrimination under the Fair Housing Act, alleging its algorithm unfairly rejected Black and Hispanic applicants using housing vouchers; the company settled for $2.3 million and agreed to halt using its scoring sys...
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52% Bias Score
UnitedHealthcare CEO Murder: Possible Link to Controversial AI System
UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot in New York City; a former FBI agent suggests a possible link to the company's AI system, which denied healthcare coverage at a 90% rate, leading to at least two patient deaths according to a lawsuit, and the shooter wrote words referring to insur...
UnitedHealthcare CEO Murder: Possible Link to Controversial AI System
UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot in New York City; a former FBI agent suggests a possible link to the company's AI system, which denied healthcare coverage at a 90% rate, leading to at least two patient deaths according to a lawsuit, and the shooter wrote words referring to insur...
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60% Bias Score