The challenges of using machine learning to identify gender in images
This essay on the lessons we learned about deep learning systems and gender recognition is one part of a three-part examination of issues relating to machine vision technology.
More Than Half of U.S. Adults Trust Law Enforcement to Use Facial Recognition Responsibly
The ability of governments and law enforcement agencies to monitor the public using facial recognition was once the province of dystopian science fiction. But modern technology is increasingly bringing versions of these scenarios to life.
How does a computer ‘see’ gender?
A computer can be trained to predict whether an image shows a man or a woman. Can you identify which parts of the face are most essential to the computer’s decision?
Pluralities in most emerging economies believe government should ensure equal internet access
A median of 65% across 11 emerging economies say it is the government’s responsibility to ensure equal access to reliable internet service.
Americans have become much less positive about tech companies’ impact on the U.S.
Negative views of technology companies’ impact on the country have nearly doubled since 2015, from 17% to 33%.
U.S. public has little confidence in social media companies to determine offensive content
Americans have complicated views about the role social media companies should play in removing offensive content from their platforms.
Cybersecurity threat looms large in Japan
Special to the Japan Times As host of last week’s Group of 20 summit and the upcoming 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Japan has had many reasons to focus on the security of the nation’s cyberdefenses. For their part, the Japanese public worries that cyberattacks from other countries pose a major threat, and they have […]
About three-quarters of Americans favor steps to restrict altered videos and images
A majority of Americans say altered videos and images create confusion about current issues, and most support restrictions on such content.
Many Americans Say Made-Up News Is a Critical Problem That Needs To Be Fixed
Politicians viewed as major creators of it, but journalists seen as the ones who should fix it
Partisans are divided on whether they associate the news media or Trump with ‘made-up’ news
Republicans and Democrats are particularly divided on how closely they connect made-up news to the news media or to President Trump.
