It didn’t take long for someone to turn generative adversarial networks (GAN)–a machine learning technique that at first blush seemed benign and of somewhat limited utility at its unveiling–into a tool with the ability to cause real harm.  Now, Congress has stepped up and passed legislation to focus the federal government’s attention on the technology.  If signed by the president, the legislation will require two federal agencies to study the role GANs play in…

It didn’t take long for someone to turn generative adversarial networks (GAN)–a machine learning technique that at first blush seemed benign and of somewhat limited utility at its unveiling–into a tool with the ability to cause real harm.  Now, Congress has stepped up and passed legislation to focus the federal government’s attention on the technology.  If signed by the president, the legislation will require two federal agencies to study the role GANs play in…

The year 2020 may be remembered for its pandemic and presidential election. But it also marked a turning point in efforts to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and the systems that embody them. State lawmakers in two states joined Illinois in enacting laws directed at AI-generated biometric data, and federal lawmakers introduced their own measure.  The White House in January began exploring frameworks for governing AI.  Still, the AI legal landscape remains uncertain especially for…

As national protests over systemic and structural racism in America continue, community organizers, Black scholars, and others fighting injustice and unequal treatment are once again raising awareness of a long-standing problem lurking within artificial intelligence data-based technologies: bias. The campaign to root out bias–or eliminate biased systems altogether–has been amplified in recent weeks in the wake of reports of a black Michigan man who was apparently arrested solely on the misidentification decision of a facial…

As national protests over systemic and structural racism in America continue, community organizers, Black scholars, and others fighting injustice and unequal treatment are once again raising awareness of a long-standing problem lurking within artificial intelligence data-based technologies: bias. The campaign to root out bias–or eliminate biased systems altogether–has been amplified in recent weeks in the wake of reports of a black Michigan man who was apparently arrested solely on the misidentification decision of a facial…

As national protests over systemic and structural racism in America continue, community organizers, Black scholars, and others fighting injustice and unequal treatment are once again raising awareness of a long-standing problem lurking within artificial intelligence data-based technologies: bias. The campaign to root out bias–or eliminate biased systems altogether–has been amplified in recent weeks in the wake of reports of a black Michigan man who was apparently arrested solely on the misidentification decision of a facial…