Forbes

Algorithms And Data Construct 'Truth,' Not Discover It

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the broad intersection of data and society. The data-driven revolution is prefaced upon the idea that data and ...
komonews

AI and algorithms increasingly control our financial fates

SEATTLE — Companies are increasingly using algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze the massive amount of data they scoop up about us to decide what financial products we qualify for and ...
CNN

FTC considers drafting new regulations on data and algorithms to protect consumer privacy and civil rights

The Federal Trade Commission says it’s considering drafting new rules for US businesses that would more strongly regulate how they can use data and algorithms, in the latest move to clamp down on ...
The Economist

It doesn’t take much to make machine-learning algorithms go awry

The algorithms that underlie modern artificial-intelligence (AI) systems need lots of data on which to train. Much of that data comes from the open web which, unfortunately, makes the AIs susceptible ...
Business Insider

I'm a sociologist who studies how police use data. Relying on algorithms can further bias and inequality — but it doesn't have to be that way.

Business leaders and social scientists know: bad data in, bad data out. As the country struggles with demands for systemic change in policing, would-be reformers are suggesting that "data-driven ...