Nearly five years after an initiative to put abolitionist Harriet Tubman on the face of the $20 bill was introduced, White House press secretary Jen Psaki informed reporters in a briefing Monday that the Biden administration is “exploring ways to speed up the process” that was stopped during President Trump’s tenure. … [Read more...] about Harriet Tubman will finally replace Andrew Jackson as the face of the $20 bill
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See a proposed redesign of the $20 bill, featuring Harriet Tubman
The movement to put a woman on the bill dates back many years, and Tubman’s selection in 2016 was cause for celebration for many; the former treasurer of the United States, Rosie Rios, even used augmented reality to envision what it would look like for all of America’s bills to have women as their face. … [Read more...] about See a proposed redesign of the $20 bill, featuring Harriet Tubman
Independent auditors are struggling to hold AI companies accountable
HireVue’s assessments can vary from a simple game of math proficiency to custom evaluations that predict specific job outcomes—such as sales or performance reviews—based on resumes, psychometric tests, and video interviews. These custom assessments are expensive and time-consuming to build, and they feasibly could be used for years after their development. Last year, HireVue algorithms analyzed millions of job interviews, of which some unknown percent still use facial analysis. Now, HireVue says it is removing the facial analysis component of these assessments when they come up for review. … [Read more...] about Independent auditors are struggling to hold AI companies accountable
These crowdsourced maps will show exactly where surveillance cameras are watching
FACIAL RECOGNITION IN NYC Following the September 11 attacks, the NYPD spent $350 million in federal grants to develop surveillance infrastructure called the Domain Awareness System (DAS). It’s a sprawling network of license plate scanners, physical sensors, and 18,000 CCTV cameras, and it all feeds into a series of NYPD databases. In the years after its completion, the system was used for both counterterrorism and local law enforcement. It wasn’t immediately paired with facial recognition, but the surveillance hardware was in place. … [Read more...] about These crowdsourced maps will show exactly where surveillance cameras are watching
