TNWEthics Google union slams company’s treatment of AI ethics researchers verified_publisherTNW - Thomas MacaulayThe Alphabet Workers Union (AWU) has slammed the company’s treatment of two prominent AI researchers as “an attack on the people who are trying to make Google’s technology more ethical.” The newly-formed...
TNWAlgorithms New AI tool detects hiring discrimination against ethnic minorities and women verified_publisherTNW - Thomas MacaulayResearch shows that various industries have big ethnic and gender pay gaps, but the extent to which discrimination affects these inequalities is tricky to assess. A new AI tool developed at the London...
TNWNetflix After years of testing, Netflix confirms it’s launching a shuffle play feature this year verified_publisherTNW - Thomas MacaulayIf you’re struggling to find something worth watching from Netflix’s vast catalog and you don’t trust the recommendations of your friends, the streaming service has some good news for you. The company...
TNWPsychosis Scientists developed an AI system for predicting human psychosis verified_publisherTNW - Tristan GreeneA team of European scientists led by researchers from the Max Planck institute recently developed the world’s first cybernetic system for predicting psychosis onset in high-risk patients. According to...
TNWElephants New AI system counts endangered elephants from space verified_publisherTNW - Thomas MacaulayScientists have unveiled a new tool for monitoring endangered wildlife: an AI system that automatically counts elephants from space. The tech combines satellite cameras with a convolutional neural network...
