Re-visiting this awesome Bavarian Broadcasting (BR Data) investigation into hiring algorithms that monitor video. Kind of like the pseudoscientific Myers-Briggs tests.interaktiv.br.de/ki-bewerbung/e…

For years, artificial intelligence has been shaping society—from criminal justice decisions to medical diagnoses.

We believe journalism is essential to help communities understand its widespread influence in our lives. 🧵

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In 2022 economists sent 83K fictitious resumes to real firms and recoded callback rates for racially-distinct names. Their 'discrimination scorecard' for each firm is now public (below). Our recent AI hiring audit builds off their methods (quoted).
nytimes.com/2024/04/08/ups…

For those of us who demand hog wild compression speeds: pigz. zlib.net/pigz/

.Dhruv Mehrotra continues to get his hands on insane datasets.

x.com/dmehro/status/…

Using footage of its streets, San Jose is training algorithms to detect unwanted objects--including tents and cars with people living inside.

This experiment with automated surveillance of homelessness is the first of its kind in the country:

theguardian.com/technology/202…

I'm very excited to be back in Chicago next month for the Chicago Humanities Festival! I'll be moderating a panel on AI art and media production. How can we use AI tools to enrich our understanding of ourselves and others? Ticket info here: theverge.com/24099817/verge…

Our Google Play store account containing two of our Android apps has been banned citing ToS violation😢😢😢😢

Despite having apps which were already approved and published and without any warning.

Years of work and a lot of $$$ down the drain.

Anyone at Google who can help us?

Some of my fave bangers from last year. Congrats to all the teams on the list!

Want to learn how to be a data journalist? The Columbia Journalism school hosts a 10-week summer program called Lede. Applications close May 1. Scholarships available based on need or merit. ledeprogram.com

We got the paywall removed! Please read and share: bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-…

For years I’ve been interviewing data annotation workers who are the lifeblood of the AI industry. For years I’ve heard the same story: the platforms they work for wield total power, leaving them precarious & vulnerable to exploitation. A horrible example of this just happened 1/

Last weekend to apply to our new StoryReach fellowships for reporters partnered with US local outlets. We are looking for projects that combine ambitious, in-depth journalism + creative audience engagement strategies. 🔥

Slides to past presentations and dates for future ones are on this public gist. Do you want a speaker for your classroom, student paper, or meetup? Drop me a line! I'm preping talks on the recent investigation on AI hiring bias.
gist.github.com/yinleon/4e39bd…

In 2023, more deepfake sexual abuse was posted online than all previous years combined. The crisis only continues to grow. I'm honored to join survivors and experts at the first virtual summit next week dedicated to deepfake abuse. I'll be speaking about investigative journalism.

Excited to be attending this event for the third year in a row!

This is a great event if you are working on social media and want to understand the role of influencers (not just in India).

Hope to see many friends around in Michigan!

Precisely -- and here is the paper: ssoar.info/ssoar/bitstrea…

Powerful story from Leon Yin, Davey Alba & Leonardo showing how OpenAI's GPT discriminates against names based on race and gender when ranking resumes - a worrisome finding as companies use AI systems more and more in the hiring process.
bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-…