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How Social Media Shapes Our Perceptions About Crime
An analysis of all Facebook posts from U.S. law enforcement agencies revealed widespread overreporting of Black suspects...
IRS Disproportionately Audits Black Taxpayers
A Stanford collaboration with the Department of the Treasury yields the first direct evidence of differences in audit...
A DIY Approach to Algorithmic Audits
Stanford researchers create a tool to put algorithmic auditing in the hands of impacted communities.
Police Facebook Posts Disproportionately Highlight Crimes Involving Black Suspects, Study Finds
New research funded in part by a HAI grant reveals that Facebook users are exposed to crime posts that overrepresent...
Kathleen Creel: Examining Ethical Questions in AI
Stanford’s Embedded EthiCS fellow seeks to understand ethical questions posed by emerging technologies with an...
Neema Iyer: Digital Extractivism in Africa Mirrors Colonial Practices
The founder of Pollicy and fellow at Stanford PACS discusses the impacts of digital extractivism and strategies for...
Computer Scientists Can’t Treat Social and Ethical Impacts as an Afterthought
A new National Academies of Science report argues that researchers must start projects with ethical review, working with...
Londa Schiebinger: Inclusive Design Will Help Create AI That Works For Everyone
The international expert on gender in science and technology discusses tools she developed to help professionals build...
Rob Reich: AI Developers Need a Code of Responsible Conduct
On ethics, the AI profession is still like a “late-stage teenager,” says the Stanford philosopher.
Who Decides? Dealing with Online Toxic Speech by Selecting the Decision Makers
A novel jury learning system lets content moderators explicitly choose which people to listen to when training machine...
Timnit Gebru: Ethical AI Requires Institutional and Structural Change
The computer scientist discusses breaking down the power structures that use AI to exploit communities.
Detecting Modern-Day Slavery From the Sky
Using AI to analyze satellite images, researchers say it’s possible to spot illegal deforestation and forced labor in...