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by Kate Kaye April 30, 2019 0

Big Tech’s AI Ethics Nonprofit Signals Business-Aligned Motives and Lobbying Mission

It’s been nearly three years since Amazon, Facebook, Google, IBM and Microsoft formed Partnership on AI. The results of its long-awaited work are surprising as they are revealing.

by Kate Kaye March 6, 2019 0

To Ethical Tech Advocates, IBM’s “Dear Tech” Ad Looks Like Moral Posturing

A group of AI ethics academics and advocates want more than a virtuous marketing facade from big tech.

by Kate Kaye January 28, 2019 2

Ya Know What’s Really Scary about AI? The Giants of Tech Want to Control AI Ethics

Ethically-challenged tech corporations are steering what AI Ethics standards, research and future regulations look like.

by Kate Kaye December 13, 2018 0

What’s Really Behind Microsoft’s Push for Face Tech Regulation

While touting top rankings in a globally-watched accuracy test, Microsoft is pushing for facial recognition regulations that could expose accuracy levels of its competitors’ technologies. Meanwhile, civil liberties advocates worry the overall improvement of industry algorithms could lead to greater adoption of technologies that are not developed or employed in an ethical manner.

by Kate Kaye November 8, 2018 0

How the Tech Industry Coordinated to Squelch Algorithm Transparency in the New NAFTA Deal

A few mostly-ignored lines in the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement serve to illuminate the tensions emerging among the public’s right to explainable AI decisions, corporate intellectual property and government security.