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Amazon Schooled on AI Facial Technology By Turing Award Winner

Amazon’s facial-recognition software is coming under fire again, this time from a group of prominent artificial intelligence researchers.

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Coded Bias featured in Inc's 8 must-watch movies for Leaders in 2020

The documentary follows AJL' s founder on her mission to call for U.S. legislation to protect us against racial bias in algorithms.

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A Summary of the US Congress Testimony on Facial Recognition

AI experts, lawyers, and law enforcement urged US Congress to regulate the use of facial recognition technology.

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Federal study confirms racial bias of many facial recognition systems

Facial recognition systems widely used by law enforcement misidentified people of color more often than white people.

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AJL Founder Interviewed on The New York Times' Sway Podcast

On The New York Times' “Sway" Podcast, Kara Swisher interviews Joy Buolamwini, discussing taking Big Tech down a notch.

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Wrongfully Accused by an Algorithm

In what may be the first known case of its kind, a faulty facial recognition match led to a Michigan man’s arrest for a crime he did not commit.

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VICE names 'Coded Bias' as Most Important Film About AI

VICE says Coded Bias documentary is an essential introduction to algorithmic bias—and the systems that gave rise to it.

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Democracy Now!: "One Bad Algorithm?"

Advocates Say Facial Recognition Reveals Systemic Racism in AI Technology. Joy Buolamwini speaks with Democracy Now! Amy Goodman on the wrongful arrest of Robert Williams.

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AJL's Response to CBS 60 Minutes Erasure

“60 Minutes” episode on facial recognition erases pioneering work of prominent Black female researchers: Joy Buolamwini, Dr. Timnit Gebru, and Deborah Raji

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AJL Founder featured on Fast Company in annual list of Most Creative People in Business

The list recognizes individuals who used their innovative thinking to make an impact on the world beyond financial success.

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BBC Click: "Is AI Biased?"

Broadcast to 300 million viewers, BBC Click interviews AJL Founder Joy Buolamwini for the "Is AI Biased?" episode.

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Amazon Is Pushing Facial Technology That a Study Says Could Be Biased

This article highlights AJL’s study that tested facial technologies from Amazon, IBM, Microsoft, Face++, and Kairos.

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Sunsetting the Safe Face Pledge

The Algorithmic Justice League and Center on Technology & Privacy at Georgetown Law decide to sunset the 2018 Safe Face Pledge aimed at curtailing abuses of facial recognition technologies.

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The woman fighting racist, sexist AI algorithm, and taking on the tech giants.

Joy Buolamwini is featured in a Telegraph article highlighting her revolutionary work with the Algorithmic Justice League.

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Cracking the Code of Beauty: AJL Founder on Good Morning America

Olay has teamed up with Joy Buolamwini, who explains how beauty data can marginalize people of color.

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AJL Releases Groundbreaking Report

AJL released a groundbreaking new report that lays the foundation for a new type of ‘bug bounty’ program (BBP) that will better incentivize the discovery of algorithmic bias and harm.

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The Atlantic: "The IRS Should Stop Using Facial Recognition"

The Atlantic Op-Ed by Dr. Joy Buolamwini urges taxpayers to be wary of the U.S. government for pushing ID.me’s face-based biometric technology on them.

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Fortune's "25 Ideas That Will Shape 2020" features AJL's Founder

AJL's Founder believe the "hygiene" of artificial intelligence will determine its longer-term success.

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When the Robot Doesn’t See Dark Skin

An Opinion piece in the New York Times about the AJL's research into biased AI, highlighting real-world examples like the hiring practices of HireVue’s algorithms.

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Algorithmic Justice League among Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies in Artificial Intelligence

Fast Company has listed Algorithmic Justice League as one of the 10 most innovative companies in artificial intelligence for 2020/2021.

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Dear Big Tech: a collaborative video response to an IBM ad.

A collaborative video response to IBM's "Dear Tech..." Ad which speaks to the potential of technology without addressing the role of tech companies in propagating harms.

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"Gender Shades" Researchers Honored at EFF Pioneer Award Ceremony

Joy Buolamwini, Dr. Timit Gebru, and Deborah Raji’s trailblazing academic research "Gender Shades" on race and gender bias in facial analysis technology is honored at EFF's Pioneer Award Ceremony 2020.

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2018 30 Under 30: Enterprise Technology

Forbes's annual 30 under 30 list that chronicles the brashest entrepreneurs across the United States and Canada features AJL's founder.

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AJL AT The Open Mind, Hosted by Alexander Heffner

The Open Mind was the first to interview iconic civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. on national television.

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Vital Voices “NowThis NEXT” Event

For Vital Voices' inaugural event franchise “NowThis NEXT” hosted by Late Night’s Seth Meyers and Netflix CMO Bozoma Saint John, New York Times Best-Selling author Elaine Welteroth interviewed Algorithmic Justice League Founder Joy Buolamwini.

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Build Tech We Trust Letter to Tech Industry

A collective of tech leaders sign a letter demanding that the tech industry stop the spread of hate and terrorism on digital platforms.

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the existing power structures that drive AI bias at doha debates

AJL's founder sits down with Doha Debates Correspondent Nelufar Hedayat to talk about how existing power structures can lead to unintended bias in AI.

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In the radio. AI and Creativity: what makes us human?

A unique and interesting debate at the Barbican about whether creativity is only a human trait. Joy participates in the debate.

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BBC Report: UK passport photo checker shows bias against dark-skinned women

Women with darker skin are more than twice as likely to be told their photos fail UK passport rules when they submit them online than lighter-skinned men, according to a BBC investigation using procedures from the Gender Shades study.

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The Documentary Films You Can't Afford to Miss in 2020

Coded Bias, which will premiere at Sundance, follows the journey to pass the first-ever legislation to govern A.I. in the US.

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Matter of Fact with Soledad O’Brien

In an interview with Soledad O’Brien, Joy says that facial recognition software and technology need more regulation to ensure its accuracy.

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A reflection about facial recognition systems on BBC Newsnight Live

On BBC Newsnight Live, Founder of AJL Joy Buolamwini reflects on facial recognition technology.

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The AJL's approach to the question: Will AI help or harm humans globally?

The Doha Debate tackles the most contentious question of all: Will AI help or harm humans globally?

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WIRED25: Stories of People Who Are Racing to Save Us

WIRED25 features AJL's founder and offers real hope that we can fix the mistakes of the past and still have a chance for a future we can survive.

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The Safe Face Pledge is a public commitment towards accountable AI

AJL's founder urges public and private organizations including IBM, Microsoft, Google, Facebook Amazon, and more to sign the Safe Face Pledge.

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At the NPR TED radio hour: How Does Facial Recognition Software See Skin Color?

AJL's founder is interviewed in Part 2 of the  episode "Can We Trust The Numbers?".

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“AI: More Than Human” Exhibition at the Barbican in London

“AI: More Than Human” looks at AI’s real-life application in fields such as healthcare, journalism and retail.

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Coded Bias Documentary Premieres at Sundance Festival 2020

Directed by Shalini K., Code for Bias sheds light about the harms and biases of artificial intelligence impacting our society.

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Gender Shades: Black Panther Face Scorecard

The Gender Shades research used 1270 faces to reveal IBM, Miscrosoft, and Face++ were better at guessing the gender of male faces than female faces.

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Regulating Facial Recognition Will Require a New Federal Authority

AI experts have joined forces to call for a dedicated federal office with the central authority to govern FRTs in their landmark new proposal Facial Recognition Technologies in the Wild: A Call for a Federal Office.

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A discussion on race, technology and algorithmic bias

Joy Buolamwini, Latanya Sweeney, and Darren Walker come together to discuss the limits of technology in the face of algorithmic bias.

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"Compassion through Computation" at davos 2019

From law enforcement to talent acquisition, computer vision and algorithms are increasingly making selections with societal consequences.

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Artificial Intelligence Has A Problem With Gender and Racial Bias

Joy Buolamwini writes an Op-Ed in TIME Magazine’s 2019 Optimists issue, guest-edited by Ava DuVernay.

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About Face: One Woman’s Quest to Make AI Less Biased

Facial recognition programs can be biased against darker skin tones and against women. NBC's Stephanie Ruhle explores why it matters.

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These Black Women Are Fighting For Justice In A World of Biased Algorithms

Black women engineers, professors, and government experts speak about being on the front lines of the civil rights movement.

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The Digital Activist Taking Human Prejudice Out of Our Machines

Joy Buolamwini founded the Algorithmic Justice League to make people aware of the bias embedded in our networks.

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Artificial Intelligence: How to avoid racist algorithms

The Algorithmic Justice League is quoted in an in-depth article about the harms of AI and how to avoid them. AJL's research is referenced in BBC News.

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Coded Bias film director writes about her journey for the Sundance Institute

When the Future Is Now: On Understanding AI and Being a Misfit Artist in a Family of Scientists.

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AJL responds to NYT exclusion of women researchers with Voicing Erasure poem

Inspired by Allison Koenecke’s research and the story of her exclusion, Joy Buolamwini wrote the spoken word poem “Voicing Erasure.” Participants include champions of women's empowerment and scholars.

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a video response from technology industry leaders to an IBM ad.

A collaborative video response to IBM's "Dear Tech..." Ad which speaks to the potential of technology without addressing the role of tech companies in propagating harms.

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2019 Fortune Magazine's 50 Greatest World Leaders honoree

In business, government, philanthropy, and arts,  Fortune Magazine's sixth annual 50 Greatest World Leaders are transforming the world.

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Artificial Intelligence Can Be Biased and Here’s What You Should Know

PBS Frontline interviews Joy Buolamwini on the biases of AI in conjunction with the release of their documentary, In The Age of AI.

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Poet of Code and AJL founder’s new poem “AI, Ain’t I A Woman?”

A powerful spoken word piece that discusses how even iconic Black women figures are mislabeled and mis-gendered by facial analysis tools.

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Many Facial-Recognition Systems Are Biased, Says U.S. Study

Algorithms falsely identified African-American and Asian faces 10 to 100 times more than Caucasian faces.

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