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Replacing Andrew Jackson on the bill caused an explosion of tweets when it was announced in April 2016. The proposed redesign was made public in 2019 and was supposed to have been put into circulation last year on the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote. However, Trump’s treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin, halted the process because he believed that adding security features on the money was more important than changing the face on the bill, adding that the redesign wouldn’t be in circulation until 2028. … [Read more...] about Harriet Tubman will finally replace Andrew Jackson as the face of the $20 bill

The bill’s release has been delayed by the Treasury Department for what Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin claims are strictly technical reasons, though other sources tell the Times that the delay stemmed from the desire to avoid the possibility of Trump canceling the new design altogether in favor of keeping Andrew Jackson, his favorite president, on the front of the bill. The Times‘s anonymous source says they have personally seen a metal engraving plate and a digital image of the design as recently as May 2018. … [Read more...] about See a proposed redesign of the $20 bill, featuring Harriet Tubman

Yet there is no parallel in algorithmic auditing, as algorithmic harms tend to be individualized and hard to diagnose. Plus, companies don’t face consequences when their algorithms are discriminatory. If anything, self-evaluation and disclosure can pose a bigger risk. For instance, people remember that Amazon built a sexist hiring algorithm, but may forget that Amazon discovered the problem and scrapped the project on its own. Amazon’s lack of transparency about the project, which was discovered through an investigative report, also contributed to the blowback. However, the company might have been just as well off, at least in the public eye, by doing no introspection at all. … [Read more...] about Independent auditors are struggling to hold AI companies accountable

BUILT-IN BIAS The NYPD used its facial recognition system last summer to track down Derrick Ingram, a Black Lives Matter activist accused of shouting into a police officer’s ear with a bullhorn during a demonstration. Dozens of police officers, some in riot gear, showed up at Ingram’s door in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood of New York on August 7. The event caused a public outcry because it was another example of facial recognition being used indiscriminately against people of color. At least three Black men have been wrongly jailed because of faulty facial recognition tech, and more cases may have gone unreported. … [Read more...] about These crowdsourced maps will show exactly where surveillance cameras are watching