Khari Johnson
VentureBeat
San Francisco, CA, United States
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Black women, AI, and overcoming historical patterns of abuse
MIT researchers say what happened to Timnit Gebru at Google is part of a centuries-old pattern that people in AI must recognize. → Read More
Researchers detail systemic issues and risk to society in language models
A series of recent works by AI researchers found serious flaws in datasets and the outputs of large language models like OpenAI's GPT-3. → Read More
Government audit of AI with ties to white supremacy finds no AI
After news of Banjo's white supremacist ties halted a $20.7 million AI contract, a state of Utah audit found no AI to evaluate. → Read More
Government audit of AI with ties to white supremacy finds no AI
After news of Banjo's white supremacist ties halted a $20.7 million AI contract, a state of Utah audit found no AI to evaluate. → Read More
Cisco is bringing individual and team insights to Webex video calls
Cisco is bringing individual and team insights to Webex alongside a growing range of AI-powered features being added to video calls. → Read More
AI Weekly: Algorithms, accountability, and regulating Big Tech
Join Transform 2021 for the most important themes in enterprise AI & Data. Learn more. This week, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey went back to Congress, the first hearing with Big Tech executives since the January 6 insurrection led by white supremacists that directly threatened the lives […] → Read More
Major flaws found in machine learning for COVID-19 diagnosis
High levels of bias and not enough high quality data plague machine learning for COVID-19 diagnosis and prognsis, an analysis found. → Read More
How many robot helpers are too many?
Piaggio Fast Forward, whose parent company makes Vespa scooters, is getting into AI that follows workers and robots on construction projects. → Read More
How many robot helpers are too many?
Piaggio Fast Forward, whose parent company makes Vespa scooters, is getting into AI that follows workers and robots on construction projects. → Read More
OctoML raises $28M for machine learning deployment optimization
OctoML helps businesses accelerate machine learning deployments using Apache TVM and today closed a $28 million Series B funding round → Read More
ImageNet creators find blurring faces for privacy has a ‘minimal impact on accuracy’
Makers of the influential ImageNet plan to replace a version of the dataset with the blurred faces of more than half a million people. → Read More
ImageNet creators find blurring faces for privacy has a ‘minimal impact on accuracy’
Makers of the influential ImageNet plan to replace a version of the dataset with the blurred faces of more than half a million people. → Read More
AI Weekly: Facebook, Google, and the tension between profits and fairness
The inner workings of ethics and fairness operations at Facebook and Google reveal tension between profits and harm caused by AI. → Read More
AI Weekly: Facebook, Google, and the tension between profits and fairness
The inner workings of ethics and fairness operations at Facebook and Google reveal tension between profits and harm caused by AI. → Read More
Hugging Face triples investment in open source machine learning models
Hugging Face is going to triple efforts to build an open source community for AI with the close of a $40 million series B round today. → Read More
‘Your Computer Is On Fire’ draws on tech history to critique AI and the cloud
Your Computer Is On Fire says techno-utopianism is too dangerous to continue and urges readers to see AI and the cloud through tech history. → Read More
Google employee group urges Congress to strengthen whistleblower protections for AI researchers
A Google employee group wants Congress and state legislatures to strengthen whistleblower protection laws for AI ethics researchers. → Read More
Building AI for the Global South
Business and AI leaders from India, South America, and Africa have called for more artificial intelligence built for the Global South. → Read More
Building AI for the Global South
Business and AI leaders from India, South America, and Africa have called for more artificial intelligence built for the Global South. → Read More
How AI trained to beat Atari games could impact robotics and drug design
Uber and OpenAI researchers say an advance in Go-Explore AI in beating Atari games could have applications for robotics and drug design. → Read More