Winners of the company’s first-ever AI bias bounty program found Twitter’s image-cropping tool favors young people with thin figures and light, smooth skin. The bounty program could offer a model for other firms to increase transparency and build trust but won’t solve AI bias.
The company issued a six-page FAQ pushing back on claims its new CSAM prevention tool harms privacy, but future anti-encryption legislation could force Apple to renege on its position.
The FCC’s first-ever mobile broadband map is an attempt to correct for years of inaccurate FCC broadband data, but it doesn’t let users meaningfully compare carrier performance.
AT&T and Verizon hope crowds returning to stadiums and music venues will provide attractive 5G use cases. But most consumers remain unaware of 5G—and new virus variants threaten to upend telecoms’ plans.
On today's episode, we discuss Google's Q2 performance, how YouTube got on, and why the tech giant continues to accelerate. We then talk about YouTube improving its CTV ad offerings, what GDPR taught us about privacy upheavals, and why CMOs need to demonstrate the value of their work now more than ever. Tune in to the discussion with eMarketer senior forecasting analyst at Insider Intelligence Eric Haggstrom.
The FTC rebuked Facebook’s decision to disable the accounts of NYU researchers investigating the company’s political advertising. Though Facebook needs to limit data scraping to regain users’ trust, its own opaque transparency efforts are forcing independent researchers to violate its terms of service.
Apple plans to introduce software to detect child abuse content locally on an iPhone or Mac. Privacy and security advocates say the plan could tarnish Apple’s reputation as the vanguard of consumer privacy and bulwark against government anti-encryption efforts.
Discord courts brands: Jack in the Box is the latest in a string of brands attracted to the under-the-radar chat platform.
The company claims it approved 85% of recent employee requests to relocate or work remotely. Google’s reversal comes as Big Tech struggles to return to office amid rising delta variant cases, and as new data suggests workers may be willing to switch jobs over remote work.
Nearly half of US adults are dissatisfied with how much they pay for broadband per a new study. Though proposed governed infrastructure will increase access for rural and low-income households, many more Americans are overpaying because of a lack of ISP choice.
Facebook pursues privacy patina: Homomorphic encryption would potentially allow Facebook to target ads based on encrypted data without decrypting it. Though Facebook hopes this could help expand encryption while preserving privacy, it does nothing to address concerns over Facebook’s access to intimate personal data.
Twitter is offering researchers up $3,500 to uncover bias in its image cropping algorithm. Though bias bounty programs may reveal some instances of bias, they cannot hope to solve the broader issue of algorithmic bias entrenched within the bedrock of artificial intelligence.
Amazon is offering users $10 in promotional credits to sign up for its palm print-based One biometric payment system. Adding palm prints to its database could make One more attractive to third parties, though the practice raises major privacy and data security concerns.
After a significant pandemic-induced exodus away from major tech hubs, workers are returning to the Bay Area as their offices plan reopenings. Though traditional tech hubs may return to Californian, Big Tech’s largest companies may face significant work from home-related turnover.
The pandemic-induced period of record growth for the devices is waning, and despite high demand, production cuts resulting from the global chip shortage means shipments could be in for further decline.
A new study claims universal broadband access could add $160B to the US economy annually. As one of the first clear estimates of expanded broadband’s economic benefit, the study could help drive support for President Biden’s proposed $65 billion in broadband spending.
The president’s pick for assistant secretary of state for business focuses on the impact of AI financial crises. The move is the latest attempt by the administration to work toward a unified national AI strategy amid rising global competition.
The brain-computer interface startup received $205 million in a recent funding round. Though BCIs are on the rise, interfaces that require invasive surgery like Neuralink may face steeper adoption hurdles.
EU privacy regulators fined Amazon a record €746 million for alleged GDPR violations. The move marks an uptick in enforcement by Europe’s privacy regulators and may force tech firms to reevaluate their GDPR compliance.