AI can reinforce discrimination — but used correctly it could make hiring more inclusive

Hiring is normally featured as a prime example for algorithmic bias. This is where a tendency to favour some groups over others becomes accidentally fixed in an AI system designed to perform a specific task. There are countless stories about this. Perhaps the best known example is when Amazon tried to use AI in recruitment. […]

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TikTok launches text-only posts to rival Elon Musk’s Twitter

Chinese short-video app TikTok is allowing users to create text-only posts, in the latest attempt by a social media firm to capitalize on the turmoil at Twitter since its buyout by Elon Musk last year. The move, announced on Monday, would allow TikTok users to choose from a variety of backgrounds for their text posts […]

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AI can reinforce racial bias – but used correctly it could make hiring practices more inclusive

Hiring is normally featured as a prime example for algorithmic bias. This is where a tendency to favour some groups over others becomes accidentally fixed in an AI system designed to perform a specific task. There are countless stories about this. Perhaps the best known example is when Amazon tried to use AI in recruitment. […]

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Actors are really worried about the use of AI by movie studios – they may have a point

Film and television actors in the US came out on strike on July 14, causing Hollywood productions to shut down. The action has also had an impact on US films shooting in the UK: director Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice 2 has “paused” and the production of Deadpool 3, filming at Pinewood Studios with stars Ryan Reynolds […]

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54-year-old Lunar Selfie | WordlessTech

A photograph of Buzz Aldrin standing on the Moon taken by Neil Armstrong in July 1969, was digitally reversed to create this lunar selfie. Captured on the Moon following the Apollo 11 moon landing, Armstrong’s original photograph recorded not only the magnificent desolation of an unfamiliar world, but Armstrong himself reflected in Aldrin’s curved visor. […]

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Jerusalem hi-tech center inauguration complicated by politics, protests

Some politicians have a problematic trait that can be described as an inability to hold back in the face of their own achievements, a desire to talk about their accomplishments, even when it is clear that a little modesty wouldn’t hurt. This malfunction occurs even with politicians who are known for their quiet way of […]

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The start-ups are leaving the Start-Up Nation: survey reveals concerns

In the wake of the ongoing debate regarding judicial reform legislation in Israel and its ensuing civil unrest, the country’s tech ecosystem has been grappling with significant challenges. A recent survey conducted by Start-Up Nation Central, an organization focused on supporting Israel’s technology industry, sheds light on the implications faced by the Israeli tech sector […]

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how the UK’s delay in rejoining EU funding scheme is damaging scientific research

Horizon Europe is the largest and richest funding programme for scientific research in the world. Run by the European Union (EU), it has a budget of €95.5 billion (£83 billion) spread over seven years – from 2021 to 2027. Until 2020, the UK was a full member of the Horizon programme –- and net beneficiary, […]

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