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Ms Whittaker said corporate interest should not be allowed to "race ahead" and incorporate this technology into their systems without safeguards.
BBC
Jan 16, 2020
The Technology 202: Facial recognition gets another look on Capitol Hill today from skeptical lawmakers
Expect a divided group: Whittaker will call for policymakers and businesses to halt all use of facial recognition in sensitive social situations and political contexts, according to a press release.
The Washington Post
Jan 15, 2020
AI poses risks, but the White House says regulators shouldn’t “needlessly hamper” innovation
“It will take time to assess how effective these principles are in practice, and we will be watching closely,” said Rashida Richardson, the director of policy research at the AI Now Institute. “Establishing boundaries for the federal government and the private sector around AI technology will offer greater insight to those of us working in the accountability space.”
Vox
Jan 8, 2020
New York City couldn’t pry open its own black box algorithms. So now what?
But Rashida Richardson, the policy research director of AI Now, says that position isn’t nearly enough, as the role has neither the mandate nor the power to reveal what automated systems are in use.
Vox
Dec 18, 2019
Facial recognition tech is a problem. Here’s how the Democratic candidates plan to tackle it.Bernie Sanders’s call to ban facial recognition tech for policing, explained
Even if all the technical issues were to be fixed and facial recognition tech completely de-biased, would that stop the software from harming our society when it’s deployed in the real world? Not necessarily, as a recent report from the AI Now Institute explains.
Vox
Aug 21, 2019
Artificial Intelligence Makes Boosting ID Theft Protection Critical, House AI Task Force Chair Warns
“AI systems have evidenced a persistent pattern of gender and race-based discrimination. I have yet to encounter an AI system that was biased against white men,” Meredith Whittaker, co-founder of the AI Now Institute at New York University.
Forbes
Jun 27, 2019
Google’s brand-new AI ethics board is already falling apart
“The frameworks presently governing AI are not capable of ensuring accountability,” a review of AI ethical governance by the AI Now Institute concluded in November.
Vox
Apr 3, 2019
4 Industries That Feel The Urgency Of AI Ethics
According to Meredith Whittaker, co-founder and co-director of the AI Now Institute at NYU, this is only the tip of the ethical iceberg. Accountability and liability are open and pressing issues that society must address as autonomous vehicles take over roadways.
Forbes
Mar 27, 2019
AI Regulation: It’s Time For Training Wheels
Most companies already designing and using artificial intelligence (AI) today recognize the need for guiding principles and a model for governance. Some are actively developing their own ethical AI policies, while others are collaborating with nonprofit organizations—such as the AI Now Institute or the Partnership on AI—grappling with the same issues.
Forbes
Mar 27, 2019
Is Ethical A.I. Even Possible?
“People are recognizing there are issues, and they are recognizing they want to change them,” said Meredith Whittaker, a Google employee and the co-founder of the AI Now Institute, a research institute that examines the social implications of artificial intelligence.
The New York Times
Mar 1, 2019
AI’s accountability gap
The absence of rules of the road is in part because industry hands have cast tech regulation as troglodytic, says Meredith Whittaker, co-founder of the AI Now Institute at New York University.
Axios
Jan 10, 2019