EU Commission publishes white paper on AI regulation 20 days before schedule, forgets regulation
By Nicolas Kayser-Bril • nkb@algorithmwatch.org • GPG Key In a set of documents published today, the European Commission unveiled its...
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Germany’s new media treaty demands stop discriminating by algorithm – Can it deliver? | AlgorithmWatch
by Mackenzie Nelson (AlgorithmWatch) and Julian Jaursch (Stiftung Neue Verantwortung) Facebook can’t decide if it’s a tech company, a media...
Central authorities slow to react as Sweden’s cities embrace automation of welfare management | AlgorithmWatch
By Katarina Lind and Leo Wallentin of Journalism++. Part of this story is available in Swedish at Dagens Samhälle under...
In Flanders, an algorithm attempts to make school choice fairer | AlgorithmWatch
by Koen Vervloesem This story is part of AlgorithmWatch’s upcoming report Automating Society 2020, to be published later this year....
How Dutch activists got an invasive fraud detection algorithm banned | AlgorithmWatch
by Koen Vervloesem This story is part of AlgorithmWatch’s upcoming report Automating Society 2020, to be published later this year....
Google apologizes after its Vision AI produced racist results | AlgorithmWatch
By Nicolas Kayser-Bril • nkb@algorithmwatch.org • GPG Key A Google service that automatically labels images produced starkly different results depending...
An ever smaller, ever older population – EDJ News
A study published by the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) in March 2020 offers a fascinating insight into the European...
Why the European People’s Party struggles to distance itself from Orbán – EDJ News
He is the most talked-about head of state in the European Council, and suggests to the international media a prototype...
EU air bridge: hundreds of dedicated flights brought European citizens back home – EDJ News
The EU’s Civil Protection Mechanism In addition to the EU member states, there are six participating countries in the EU...
Credit scores algorithms keep operating normally even as everything else doesn’t | AlgorithmWatch
By Nicolas Kayser-Bril • nkb@algorithmwatch.org • GPG Key Consumer organizations are calling for a credit score freeze but credit bureaus...
In Spain, the VioGén algorithm attempts to forecast gender violence | AlgorithmWatch
By Michele Catanzaro This story is part of AlgorithmWatch’s upcoming report Automating Society 2020, to be published later this year....
Unchecked use of computer vision by police carries high risks of discrimination | AlgorithmWatch
By Nicolas Kayser-Bril • nkb@algorithmwatch.org • GPG Key At least 11 local police forces in Europe use computer vision to...