MIT grad student Joy Buolamwini was working with facial analysis software when she noticed a problem: the software didn't detect her face -- because the people who coded the algorithm hadn't taught it to identify a broad range of skin tones and facial structures. Now she's on a mission to fight bias in machine learning, a phenomenon she calls th...

"It's not too late to unmask AI and protect what's human in a world of machines," says researcher and artist Joy Buolamwini. Taking a stand for ethical AI, she explains how systems built on biased data can amplify inequalities, falsely accuse innocent people and reverse progress — and urges us to protect our biometric rights and fight for what s...

AI won't kill us all — but that doesn't make it trustworthy. Instead of getting distracted by future existential risks, AI ethics researcher Sasha Luccioni thinks we need to focus on the technology's current negative impacts, like emitting carbon, infringing copyrights and spreading biased information. She offers practical solutions to regulate ...