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A review of eight different AI pedestrian detectors revealed the programs to be worse at detecting darker-skinned pedestrians and kids.

Hit Reverse

This is bad.

Driverless Cars are Biased Against Dark-Skinned People and Kids, Scientists Say

While messing with an AI image generator, an Asian MIT grad found that the bot's way of professionalizing her headshot was to make her white.

White Noise

"I'll have to go without a new LinkedIn profile photo for now!"

An Asian Woman Asked AI to Improve Her Headshot and It Turned Her White

The UK government has been funneling millions of dollars into a gun and knife crime prediction tool that uses artificial intelligence. Turns out it sucks.

AI Bias Strikes Again

It's basically unusable — and potentially dangerous.

Minority Report-Style Crime-Predicting AI Predictably Sucks At Its Job

The AI research firm AI Now called for the ban of untested and biased technologies like facial recognition and emotion-detecting algorithms.

Banned Tech

Researchers: the tech "should not be allowed to play a role in important decisions about human lives."

Report: Facial Recognition Should Be Banned From Everyday Life

The creation of biased AIs is linked to the tech industry's overwhelmingly white, male workforce, according to a new report.

AI-firmative Action

The industry's "diversity crisis" is partially to blame for its racist, sexist AIs.

Experts: To Solve AI’s Bias Problem, Hire Fewer White Men

The AI models that allow self-driving cars to detect objects are less accurate when tested on images of pedestrians with darker skin tones.

Pedestrian Problem

AI’s racial bias extends to autonomous cars — and it could be deadly.

Self-Driving Cars May Hit People With Darker Skin More Often

Artificial intelligence agents in a simulated environment developed became biased against dissimilar agents without any outside influence.

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