Human Disabilities Baffle Algorithms: Facebook blocked ads aimed at people with disabilities.
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Human Disabilities Baffle Algorithms: Facebook blocked ads aimed at people with disabilities.

Facebook’s content moderation algorithms block many advertisements aimed at disabled people. The social media platform’s automated systems regularly reject ads for clothing designed for people with physical disabilities.

February 24, 20212 min read
Human Disabilities Baffle Algorithms: Facebook blocked ads aimed at people with disabilities.
Social Media

Human Disabilities Baffle Algorithms: Facebook blocked ads aimed at people with disabilities.

Facebook’s content moderation algorithms block many advertisements aimed at disabled people. The social media platform’s automated systems regularly reject ads for clothing designed for people with physical disabilities.

February 24, 20212 min read
Algorithms Against Disinformation: How Facebook, Twitter, and more fought disinfo in 2020.
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Algorithms Against Disinformation: How Facebook, Twitter, and more fought disinfo in 2020.

The worldwide pandemic and a contentious U.S. election whipped up a storm of automated disinformation, and some big AI companies reaped the whirlwind.

December 23, 20202 min read
Algorithms Against Disinformation: How Facebook, Twitter, and more fought disinfo in 2020.
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Algorithms Against Disinformation: How Facebook, Twitter, and more fought disinfo in 2020.

The worldwide pandemic and a contentious U.S. election whipped up a storm of automated disinformation, and some big AI companies reaped the whirlwind.

December 23, 20202 min read
GAN Makes Pajamas Safe For Work: An AI app allows users to dress in digital costumes.
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GAN Makes Pajamas Safe For Work: An AI app allows users to dress in digital costumes.

A new camera app uses a generative adversarial network to let users look like they’re dressed for success while they videoconference in their jammies. Xpression is an iPhone app that maps facial expressions onto till images in real time, allowing users to look clothed in digital costumes.

December 2, 20201 min read
GAN Makes Pajamas Safe For Work: An AI app allows users to dress in digital costumes.
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GAN Makes Pajamas Safe For Work: An AI app allows users to dress in digital costumes.

A new camera app uses a generative adversarial network to let users look like they’re dressed for success while they videoconference in their jammies. Xpression is an iPhone app that maps facial expressions onto till images in real time, allowing users to look clothed in digital costumes.

December 2, 20201 min read
YouTube vs. Conspiracy Theorists: How YouTube uses AI to spot conspiracies
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YouTube vs. Conspiracy Theorists: How YouTube uses AI to spot conspiracies

Facing a tsunami of user-generated disinformation, YouTube is scrambling to stop its recommendation algorithm from promoting videos that spread potentially dangerous falsehoods.

September 23, 20202 min read
YouTube vs. Conspiracy Theorists: How YouTube uses AI to spot conspiracies
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YouTube vs. Conspiracy Theorists: How YouTube uses AI to spot conspiracies

Facing a tsunami of user-generated disinformation, YouTube is scrambling to stop its recommendation algorithm from promoting videos that spread potentially dangerous falsehoods.

September 23, 20202 min read
Deepfakes for Good: Tencent on the commercial value of deepfakes
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Deepfakes for Good: Tencent on the commercial value of deepfakes

A strategy manifesto from one of China’s biggest tech companies declares, amid familiar visions of ubiquitous AI, that deepfakes are more boon than bane.

August 19, 20202 min read
Deepfakes for Good: Tencent on the commercial value of deepfakes
Social Media

Deepfakes for Good: Tencent on the commercial value of deepfakes

A strategy manifesto from one of China’s biggest tech companies declares, amid familiar visions of ubiquitous AI, that deepfakes are more boon than bane.

August 19, 20202 min read
Outing Hidden Hatred: How Facebook built a hate speech detector
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Outing Hidden Hatred: How Facebook built a hate speech detector

Facebook uses automated systems to block hate speech, but hateful posts can slip through when seemingly benign words and pictures combine to create a nasty message. The social network is tackling this problem by enhancing AI’s ability to recognize context.

June 17, 20202 min read
Outing Hidden Hatred: How Facebook built a hate speech detector
Social Media

Outing Hidden Hatred: How Facebook built a hate speech detector

Facebook uses automated systems to block hate speech, but hateful posts can slip through when seemingly benign words and pictures combine to create a nasty message. The social network is tackling this problem by enhancing AI’s ability to recognize context.

June 17, 20202 min read
Facebook Likes Extreme Content: Facebook execs rejected changes to reduce polarization.
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Facebook Likes Extreme Content: Facebook execs rejected changes to reduce polarization.

Facebook’s leadership has thwarted changes in its algorithms aimed at making the site less polarizing, according to the Wall Street Journal. The social network’s own researchers determined that its AI software promotes divisive content.

June 3, 20202 min read
Facebook Likes Extreme Content: Facebook execs rejected changes to reduce polarization.
Social Media

Facebook Likes Extreme Content: Facebook execs rejected changes to reduce polarization.

Facebook’s leadership has thwarted changes in its algorithms aimed at making the site less polarizing, according to the Wall Street Journal. The social network’s own researchers determined that its AI software promotes divisive content.

June 3, 20202 min read
Information Warfare Covid Edition: Facebook used humans and AI to spot false Covid claims.
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Information Warfare Covid Edition: Facebook used humans and AI to spot false Covid claims.

Facebook’s AI can’t spot Covid-19 disinformation on its own. But with human help, it can slow the spread. Facebook uses a combination of humans and neural nets to crack down on messages that make false claims about Covid-19, which may have deadly consequences.

May 20, 20201 min read

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