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AI hiring screener Cortex used primitive VADER sentiment analysis to auto-reject med students for saying "personal reasons." A class action under FCRA will gut this entire B2B HR-SaaS sector. #AIBias #FutureOfWork #AlgorithmicHarm
The Conversation U.S.Nov 24, 2024

#AI feels like a helpful companion—curating playlists, suggesting shows, writing out information and simplifying life. But behind the convenience lies a growing concern: algorithmic harms that can increase inequality.

A law professor explores how regulation could address the risks to privacy, equality, and safety. https://buff.ly/3Z59yxa #AIethics #technology #algorithmicharm

AI harm is often behind the scenes and builds over time – a legal scholar explains how the law can adapt to respond

The damage AI algorithms cause is not easily remedied. Breaking algorithmic harms into four categories results in pieces that better align with the law and points the way to better regulation.

The Conversation
Michiel de LangeJan 24, 2024
New blogpost: Software bugs that helped send innocent postal employees to prison known in advance https://www.bijt.org/wordpress/2024/01/24/software-bugs-that-helped-send-innocent-postal-employees-to-prison-known-in-advance/ #AlgorithmicHarm #GarbageInGarbageOut #SoftwareCity
Software bugs that helped send innocent postal employees to prison known in advance

Another grim case of how (faulty) software and algorithms can impact real people’s everyday lives in specific workplaces: Ars Technica writes that “Fujitsu software bugs that helped sen…

Michiel de Lange
Anjana SusarlaDec 2, 2022

How many more times do we have to see this happening? We need legislation to combine the algorithmic harms from digital platforms

https://www.reuters.com/technology/facebooks-skewed-audience-job-ads-draws-new-complaint-2022-12-01/

#algorithmicharm #aibillofrights

Facebook accused by female truckers of skewing job ads

Meta Platforms Inc <a href="https://www.reuters.com/companies/META.O" target="_blank">(META.O)</a> unlawfully steered dozens of hiring ads from trucking companies and other advertisers to mostly one gender or age group, an advocacy group for female truckers alleged in a U.S. complaint on Thursday, citing the social media giant's own data.

Reuters