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Critics raise alarm over Big Tech’s most powerful tools
"You never see these companies picking ethics over revenue," says Meredith Whittaker, a former Google engineer who now heads the AI Now Institute at New York University. "These are companies that are governed by shareholder capitalism."
Financial Times
May 16, 2021
“What on earth are they doing?”: AI ethics experts react to Google doubling embattled ethics team
“It sounds like a very desperate kind of cover-your-ass move from a company that is really unsure about how to continue to do business as usual in the face of a growing outcry around the harms and implications of their technologies.”
Tech Brew
May 14, 2021
U.S. Lawmakers Pressure DOJ Over Funding of Predictive Policing Tools
The lawmakers pointed to a 2019 study from New York University School of Law and NYU’s AI Now Institute which discovered predictive policing systems being trained on what the researchers call "dirty data," or data derived from "corrupt, biased, and unlawful practices."...
Gizmodo
Apr 15, 2021
AI gatekeepers are taking baby steps toward raising ethical standards
“The research community is beginning to acknowledge that we have some level of responsibility for how these systems are used,” says Inioluwa Raji, a tech fellow at NYU’s AI Now Institute.
Quartz
Jun 26, 2020
Catholic leaders call for ethical guidelines around AI
Tech companies need binding, detailed policies that hold them accountable in addressing the many ethical concerns surrounding AI, says Meredith Whittaker, co-founder of the AI Now Institute at New York University.
Axios
Feb 28, 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
Former Defense Secretary Ash Carter says AI should never have the “true autonomy” to kill
What do you do with a group of people — again, going back to regulation — who have never been regulated to start to put guardrails in place? How do you get them to stick to those or think of them as a good thing?
Vox
May 13, 2019
Why Tech Billionaires Are Spending To Restrain Artificial Intelligence
A report from New York University’s AI Now Institute found that a predominantly white male coding workforce is causing bias in algorithms.
Forbes
Apr 26, 2019
A Crucial Step for Averting AI Disasters
The findings have spurred calls for closer scrutiny. Microsoft recently called on governments to regulate facial-recognition technology and to require auditing of systems for accuracy and bias. The AI Now Institute, a research group at New York University, is studying ways to reduce bias in AI systems
The New York Times
Feb 13, 2019
