2024-04-15 One-Minute Post

Apple’s iOS 18 makes a bold move for AI privacy, while a congressional bill aims to rein in data brokers. Generative AI systems are found to be biased, and a study reveals racial bias in hiring. On the fairness front, a survey highlights biases in generative AI, and a project in Donegal receives funding to ensure fairness and transparency in AI. Amazon’s CTO emphasizes the importance of quality data for AI development and the need for publicly available datasets to ensure fairness.

Articles we found interesting:

1. iOS 18—Apple Issues New Blow To Google With Bold AI Privacy Decision - Forbes link Highlight: If AI the next privacy battlefield, Apple's latest iOS 18 decision is pitting itself to win against its biggest smartphone rival Google.
2. Congressional privacy bill looks to rein in data brokers - CyberScoop link Highlight: Chinese hackers turn to AI to meddle in elections · Cyber review board blames cascading Microsoft failures for Chinese hack · Chinese hackers target …
3. VoC and AI: Revolutionizing Customer Insights - CMSWire.com link Highlight: Ensuring the responsible use of AI in VoC involves navigating a complex combination of data privacy, interpretation accuracy and the ethical …
4. Will AI help or hinder trust in science? :: Jon Whittle & Stefan Harrer - Setopati link Highlight: Generative AI systems are susceptible to "hallucinations" where they make up facts. Or they can be biased. Google's Gemini depicting America's …
5. The Ease of AI Making Decisions for Us Risks Losing the Skills to Do that Ourselves link Highlight: Add AI to the mix and the result is a dangerous feedback loop: The data that AI is mining to fuel its algorithms is made up of people's biased …
6. Emily or Lakisha? Guess which one hiring managers chose. - Business Insider link Highlight: Researchers studied racial bias in hiring by sending over 83,000 fake résumés to big US companies. … AI could remove identifiers like gender — or …
7. Better Together Announces Results of Communications Agency-Led Survey on Generative AI Biases link Highlight: … AI systems that reflect and promote diversity and fairness." Key Findings … fairness in AI technologies. The survey revealed racism (221 mentions) …
8. €493250 fund for Donegal-based AI project link Highlight: … fairness, transparency, and safety, thereby empowering the public sector to become early adopters of AI technologies. This week group of over 35 …
9. Amazon CTO Dr Werner Vogels on how AI can be used for good - Gulf Business link Highlight: Furthermore, I underscored the significance of quality data in AI development and the need for publicly available datasets to ensure fairness and …

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