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- Auditing for discrimination in algorithms delivering job ads https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/04/09/1022217/facebook-ad-algorithm-sex-discrimination 64 comments
- Show HN: Advanced Algorithms Course (free to audit) https://qvault.io/advanced-algorithms-course/ 3 comments
- Oracle begins auditing TikTok's algorithms to ensure they aren't manipulated by Chinese authorities https://www.axios.com/2022/08/16/oracle-auditing-tiktok-algorithms 46 comments technology
- An AI system trained to detect hip fractures outperformed trained radiologists, but also experienced unexpected and potentially harmful errors, reinforcing the need for algorithmic audits of AI medical imaging systems. https://www.adelaide.edu.au/aiml/news/list/2022/05/13/algorithmic-audit-for-safer-medical-ai-systems 45 comments science
- Facebook and Google should audit algorithms that boost fake news, say UK Lords https://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-and-google-should-audit-algorithms-that-boost-fake-news-say-uk-lords/ 19 comments worldnews
- A team of researchers conducted an audit of the public keys used to protect HTTPS. Lenstra's team has discovered tens of thousands of keys that offer effectively no security due to weak random number generation algorithms. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/02/researchers-ssl-observatory-cryptographic-vulnerabilities 5 comments technology
- We’re two data journalists who investigated the data mining algorithm that decides which French households get audited for benefit fraud. AMA about the use of algorithms in public services and discrimination. https://www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decodeurs/visuel/2023/12/05/how-an-algorithm-decides-which-french-households-to-audit-for-benefit-fraud_6313254_8.html 54 comments europe
- How Amazon became an engine for anti-vaccine conspiracy theories: A series of audits find the Everything Store’s algorithms recommending falsehoods about the coronavirus, vaccines, Dr. Fauci, and more. https://www.fastcompany.com/90640389/amazon-anti-vaccine-misinformation-moderation 3 comments technology