The US Army and other government agencies are defining best practices for building appropriate AI development platforms for carrying out their missions. (Credit: Getty Images)Â By John P. Desmond, AI […]
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Back to news homePromise and Perils of Using AI for Hiring: Guard Against Data BiasÂ
The US Equal Opportunity Commission is charged to enforce federal laws that prohibit discrimination against job applicants, including from AI models. (Credit: EEOC) By AI Trends Staff  While AI in hiring […]
More AI Developers Focused on Engineering the Bias Out of AIÂ
Diversity and inclusion of many people in a population sample can help engineer the bias out of datasets on which AI systems rely. (Credit: Getty Images)Â By John P. Desmond, […]
Content Moderation Becoming a Big Business with AI Enlisted to HelpÂ
Content moderation of social media and website content is becoming a big business with AI at the center of a challenging automation task.  By John P. Desmond, AI Trends Editor  […]
Unethical Use of AI Being Mainstreamed by Some Business Execs, Survey FindsÂ
With a number of business executives admitting to sometimes unethical use of AI in a recent survey, a new era of ethical AI awareness dawns. (Credit: Getty Images)Â By John […]
Alphabet Workers Union Giving Structure to Activism at GoogleÂ
The Alphabet Workers Union formed in January by Google engineers to give structure to activism is establishing its voice. (Photo by hk on Unsplash) By AI Trends Staff  In a highly unusual undertaking in […]
SoftBank’s Humanoid Robot Pepper Can’t Hold a Job, Gets ShelvedÂ
SoftBank has stopped production of its humanoid robot Pepper, after experiences showed that it had trouble holding a job. (Photo by Owen Beard on Unsplash)  By John P. Desmond, Editor, AI Trends  SoftBank […]
AI World Executive Summit: Move to Control Personal Data AdvancingÂ
A new deal on data with consumers gaining more control is making progress, Dr. Alex Pentland said at the AI World Executive Summit this week. (Credit: Getty Images)Â By John […]
Deployed AI Putting Companies at Significant Risk, says FICO ReportÂ
Most companies are deploying AI at significant risk, finds a new report from the Fair Isaac Corp., due to immature processes for AI governance. (Credit: Getty Images)Â By John P. […]
AI World Executive Summit: Important to Ask the Right QuestionsÂ
By John P. Desmond, AI Trends Editor Asking the right questions about AI activities matters, especially given the acceleration of AI adoption driven by the pandemic. Specifically, thinking about which […]