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• 7 min
• The New York Times
• 2019

Biometric facial recognition software, specifically that used with arrest photos in the NYPD, makes extensive use of children’s arrest photos despite a far lower accuracy rate.

• Data Privacy
• Civil Surveillance
• Machine Learning
• Biometrics

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• 7 min
• Vice
• 2019

Programmer creates an application that uses neural networks to remove clothing from the images of women. Deepfake technology being used against women systematically, despite continued narrative that its use in the political realm is the most pressing issue.

• Deep Fake
• Gender Bias
• Machine Learning
• Object Recognition

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• 5 min
• MIT Technology Review
• 2019

Humans take the blame for failures of AI automated systems, protecting the integrity of the technological system and becoming a “liability sponge.” It is necessary to redefine the role of humans in sociotechnical systems.

• Computing Ethics Issues
• Transportation Technologies
• Machine Learning
• Autonomous Vehicles

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• 7 min
• The Verge
• 2019

Reliance on “emotion recognition” algorithms, which use facial analysis to infer feelings. Credibility of the results in question based on inability of machines to recognize abstract nuances.

• Limitations of Digital Technologies
• Computing Ethics Issues
• Computer Vision
• Machine Learning

• 
• 5 min
• CNN
• 2010

Algorithms and machines can struggle with facial recognition, and need ideal source images to perform it consistently. However, its potential use in monitoring and identifying citizens is concerning.

• Civil Surveillance
• Limitations of Digital Technologies
• Computer Vision
• Machine Learning

• 
• 15 min
• The App Solutions

Overview of recommender systems, which are information filtering algorithms design to suggest content or products to a particular user.

• Data Privacy
• Technology Based Entertainment and Leisure
• Recommender Systems
• Data Mining