Nicolas Kayser-BrilI somehow missed that #Spain will have its own Agencia de Supervisión de la IA at the end of the year. Is there a good article in English about this (haven't found one) or should we write it?
France to deploy cameras to automatically check that motor vehicles are allowed to enter cities. (One person in the comments points out that some charities operate older vehicles but have exemptions, and might be unfairly sanctioned.)
Pollution de l’air : des caméras intelligentes pour contrôler et sanctionner les automobilistes en 2024
La réalité peut parfois revêtir des airs de science-fiction. Des caméras intelligentes vont être installées à l’entrée des villes françaises pour vérifier si les automobilistes sont autorisés à circuler en leur sein. À défaut, les...
New story: I talked to several people who audit recommender systems. The consensus on pluridisciplinarity is quite interesting (selection bias in my interviewees notwithstanding). https://algorithmwatch.org/en/researchers-audit-recommender-systems/ #algorithmwatching #recommendersystem
How researchers are upping their game to audit recommender systems - AlgorithmWatch
Recommender systems, such as a social network’s news feed or a streaming service’s recommendations, are notoriously difficult to audit. Despite high hurdles, practitioners from journalism and academia are pushing forward.
“With TikTok in particular, because of its large user base and the way its algorithm works, videos have the potential to get very big very fast, and not everyone is prepared for that”
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/oct/30/tiktok-mental-health-social-media