2024-07-18 One-Minute Post

Meta suspends AI tools in Brazil due to privacy concerns. Proton launches privacy-focused AI writing assistant. Companies using AI to personalize products raise privacy alarms. AI systems’ biases highlighted, while business leaders see AI as a way to remove workplace bias. AI’s reliance on biased data exacerbates injustices. Optimism for fair AI hiring, but transparency is crucial. Ethical AI development must align with fairness, transparency, and bias avoidance guidelines. New economic analysis on the impact of AI on productivity and fairness in financial services.

Articles we found interesting:

1. Meta Decides To Suspend Its Generative AI Tools in Brazil - NDTV link Highlight: Meta decided to suspend use of generative artificial intelligence tools in Brazil in response to the government's objections to its new privacy policy.
2. Proton Launches Privacy-Focused 'Scribe' AI Writing Assistant - Thurrott.com link Highlight: Proton announced today the launch of Proton Scribe, a privacy-focused AI writing assistant that will be integrated into Proton Mail.
3. New technologies like AI let companies learn more about their customers—while raising … - Fortune link Highlight: Companies are collecting increasing amounts of data about customers to better personalize products for them, but risk setting off privacy alarm …
4. The Side of AI They're Not Telling You - RELEVANT link Highlight: AI systems are only as good as the data they are trained on, and their biases can become more pronounced as they evolve. IBM defines AI bias as …
5. Why business leaders view AI as an opportunity to take 'toil out of our work' - Fortune link Highlight: Athena Karp, a general manager at Workday, said that AI could go even further by helping to remove workplace problems for employees such as bias. She …
6. Crucial to never assume that the accuracy of artificial intelligence information equals the truth link Highlight: Furthermore, AI's reliance on historical data may exacerbate existing biases and injustices. An AI trained on biased data will produce biased results, …
7. Optimism for AI in hiring is high, but don't forget transparency - HR Executive link Highlight: … fairness baked into today's AI tools. But, experts say, to take advantage of AI's potential for fair hiring, HR leaders need to ensure they are …
8. Address ethical concerns to optimise AI use - Tribune India link Highlight: Ethical AI development must align with guidelines promoting fairness, transparency, accountability and bias avoidance. Regulatory sandboxes can …
9. Understanding Fairness In Financial Services | Scoop News link Highlight: The Treasury: New Economic Analysis On The Impact Of Artificial Intelligence. This paper addresses three issues: Impacts of AI on productivity and …

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