• Artists Can Fight Back Against AI by Killing Art Generators From the Inside

    Artists Can Fight Back Against AI by Killing Art Generators From the Inside
    How can artists hope to fight back against the whims of tech companies wanting to use their work to train AI? One group of researchers has a novel idea: slip a subtle poison into the art itself to kill the AI art generator from the inside out.Read more...
  • UK risks scandal over ‘bias’ in AI tools in use across public sector

    UK risks scandal over ‘bias’ in AI tools in use across public sector
    Systems operating across government departments and police forces raise concerns about accountability and discriminationUK officials use AI to decide on issues from benefits to marriage licencesKate Osamor, the Labour MP for Edmonton, recently received an email from a charity about a constituent of hers who had had her benefits suspended apparently without reason.“For well over a year now she has been trying to contact DWP [the Department for Work and Pensions] and find out more about the
  • UK officials use AI to decide on issues from benefits to marriage licences

    UK officials use AI to decide on issues from benefits to marriage licences
    Exclusive: findings show uncontrolled and potentially discriminatory way technology used in Whitehall and some police forcesUK risks scandal over ‘bias’ in AI tools in use across public sectorGovernment officials are using artificial intelligence (AI) and complex algorithms to help decide everything from who gets benefits to who should have their marriage licence approved, according to a Guardian investigation.The findings shed light on the haphazard and often uncontrolled way that c