Ethical AI 2.0: Microsoft Revises its Responsible AI Standards
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Ethical AI 2.0: Microsoft Revises its Responsible AI Standards

Microsoft tightened the reins on both AI developers and customers.What’s new: The tech titan revised its Responsible AI Standard and restricted access to some AI capabilities accordingly.

July 13, 20222 min read
U.S. Acts Against Algorithmic Bias: Meta Removes Bias from its Ad Algorithms
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U.S. Acts Against Algorithmic Bias: Meta Removes Bias from its Ad Algorithms

Regulators are forcing Meta (formerly Facebook) to display certain advertisements more evenly across its membership. The United States government compelled Meta to revise its ad-placement system to deliver ads for housing to members regardless of their age, gender, or ethnicity.

June 29, 20222 min read
U.S. Acts Against Algorithmic Bias: Meta Removes Bias from its Ad Algorithms
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U.S. Acts Against Algorithmic Bias: Meta Removes Bias from its Ad Algorithms

Regulators are forcing Meta (formerly Facebook) to display certain advertisements more evenly across its membership. The United States government compelled Meta to revise its ad-placement system to deliver ads for housing to members regardless of their age, gender, or ethnicity.

June 29, 20222 min read
Meta Decentralizes AI Effort: Meta Restructures its AI Research Teams
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Meta Decentralizes AI Effort: Meta Restructures its AI Research Teams

The future of Big AI may lie with product-development teams. Meta reorganized its AI division. Henceforth, AI teams will report to departments that develop key products.

June 15, 20222 min read
Meta Decentralizes AI Effort: Meta Restructures its AI Research Teams
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Meta Decentralizes AI Effort: Meta Restructures its AI Research Teams

The future of Big AI may lie with product-development teams. Meta reorganized its AI division. Henceforth, AI teams will report to departments that develop key products.

June 15, 20222 min read
Child-Welfare Agency Drops AI: Oregon and Pennsylvania Halt Use of AI Tool for At-Risk Kids
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Child-Welfare Agency Drops AI: Oregon and Pennsylvania Halt Use of AI Tool for At-Risk Kids

Officials in charge of protecting children stopped using a machine learning model designed to help them make decisions in difficult cases. The U.S. state of Oregon halted its use of an algorithm intended to identify children who may benefit from intervention.

June 8, 20222 min read
Child-Welfare Agency Drops AI: Oregon and Pennsylvania Halt Use of AI Tool for At-Risk Kids
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Child-Welfare Agency Drops AI: Oregon and Pennsylvania Halt Use of AI Tool for At-Risk Kids

Officials in charge of protecting children stopped using a machine learning model designed to help them make decisions in difficult cases. The U.S. state of Oregon halted its use of an algorithm intended to identify children who may benefit from intervention.

June 8, 20222 min read
Native Processing: Intelligent Voices of Wisdom Teaches Native Culture to AI
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Native Processing: Intelligent Voices of Wisdom Teaches Native Culture to AI

A group of media and technology experts is working to give AI a better understanding of indigenous peoples. IVOW is a consultancy that aims to reduce machine learning bias against cultures that are underrepresented in training data by producing knowledge graphs and other resources.

March 30, 20222 min read
Native Processing: Intelligent Voices of Wisdom Teaches Native Culture to AI
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Native Processing: Intelligent Voices of Wisdom Teaches Native Culture to AI

A group of media and technology experts is working to give AI a better understanding of indigenous peoples. IVOW is a consultancy that aims to reduce machine learning bias against cultures that are underrepresented in training data by producing knowledge graphs and other resources.

March 30, 20222 min read
A Kinder, Gentler Language Model: Inside Instruct GPT-3, OpenAI's GPT-3 successor.
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A Kinder, Gentler Language Model: Inside Instruct GPT-3, OpenAI's GPT-3 successor.

OpenAI unveiled a more reliable successor to its GPT-3 natural language model. InstructGPT is a version of GPT-3 fine-tuned to minimize harmful, untruthful, and biased output. It's available via an application programming interface.

February 2, 20222 min read
A Kinder, Gentler Language Model: Inside Instruct GPT-3, OpenAI's GPT-3 successor.
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A Kinder, Gentler Language Model: Inside Instruct GPT-3, OpenAI's GPT-3 successor.

OpenAI unveiled a more reliable successor to its GPT-3 natural language model. InstructGPT is a version of GPT-3 fine-tuned to minimize harmful, untruthful, and biased output. It's available via an application programming interface.

February 2, 20222 min read
Standards for Hiring Algorithms: Met, Walmart, and more agree to hiring algorithm standards.
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Standards for Hiring Algorithms: Met, Walmart, and more agree to hiring algorithm standards.

Some of the world’s largest corporations will use standardized criteria to evaluate AI systems that influence hiring and other personnel decisions.

January 26, 20222 min read
Standards for Hiring Algorithms: Met, Walmart, and more agree to hiring algorithm standards.
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Standards for Hiring Algorithms: Met, Walmart, and more agree to hiring algorithm standards.

Some of the world’s largest corporations will use standardized criteria to evaluate AI systems that influence hiring and other personnel decisions.

January 26, 20222 min read
How to Overcome Societal Obstacles: How to break into AI from a disadvantaged background.
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How to Overcome Societal Obstacles: How to break into AI from a disadvantaged background.

The top artificial intelligence companies include many people who earned degrees at elite educational institutions and started their employment with prior work experience. Yet the world is full of people from nontraditional backgrounds.

January 19, 20223 min read
How to Overcome Societal Obstacles: How to break into AI from a disadvantaged background.
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How to Overcome Societal Obstacles: How to break into AI from a disadvantaged background.

The top artificial intelligence companies include many people who earned degrees at elite educational institutions and started their employment with prior work experience. Yet the world is full of people from nontraditional backgrounds.

January 19, 20223 min read

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