A scientist's discovery of racial and gender bias in facial recognition technology opens up an unsettling can of algorithmic worms in Shalini Kantayya's documentary wake-up call, 'Coded Bias.' By ...

Code is supposed to be neutral. It’s not that lifelike, non-human, and binary codes and algorithms can’t be racist or sexist – they just are. But what if the algorithm written reflected the writer’s ...

In most American cities it’s fairly common for surveillance cameras to hover above busy intersections and perch behind cash registers. For a while, one of my neighbors had a few peering out of his ...

Now filmmaker Shalini Kantayya is digging deeper into how social media and Big Tech’s algorithms are impacting society’s most marginalized groups in her new doc Coded Bias. Coded Bias unravels how a ...

In 2015, MIT researcher Joy Buolamwini was developing a device called the Aspire Mirror. Onlookers would stare into a webcam and then see a reflection on their face of something that inspires them. At ...

Olay is looking to create a more inclusive definition of beauty online by sparking an interest in STEM careers. To do just that, the beauty brand is launching its new #DecodetheBias campaign, which ...

I am Shannon Henry, Chief Operating Officer here at PBS North Carolina, formerly UNC-TV. We are proud to broadcast the acclaimed PBS documentary series, "Independent Lens," each Monday night and even ...

“This is a tool, and like all tools it is a double-edged sword,” said computer science professor Fei-Fei Li on facial recognition technology (FRT) during a discussion on “Coded Bias.” “Coded Bias” ...

Xpress' 6th grade reviewer offers her thoughts on Pixar's latest gem. Real-world artificial intelligence has not evolved like its pop-culture counterparts. We do not yet have helpful droids like C-3PO ...

In most American cities it’s fairly common for surveillance cameras to hover above busy intersections and perch behind cash registers. For a while, one of my neighbors had a few peering out of his ...