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Amazon’s facial-recognition software is coming under fire again, this time from a group of prominent artificial intelligence researchers.

Directed by Shalini Kantayya, Coded Bias illuminates the harms that AI poses over people's lives, especially minorities. Official Sundance Selection 2020.

Inspired by Allison Koenecke’s research and the story of her exclusion, Joy Buolamwini wrote the spoken word poem “Voicing Erasure.” Participants include champions of women's empowerment and scholars.

Facial recognition relies on AI to learn the patterns of a human face, and it is a widely used technology by corporations and the government.

Equitable AI is focused on empowering people. Accountable AI is focused on holding creators and sellers of AI responsible for their impacts.

The documentary follows AJL' s founder on her mission to call for U.S. legislation to protect us against racial bias in algorithms.

AI experts, lawyers, and law enforcement urged US Congress to regulate the use of facial recognition technology.

Over 35 organizations joined the letter and it has been entered into the record at the House Homeland Security Committee hearing.

Facial recognition systems widely used by law enforcement misidentified people of color more often than white people.

A former Wall Street quant sounds an alarm on the mathematical models that pervade modern life — and threaten to rip apart our social fabric.

Sasha Costanza-Chock explores how community-led design can help dismantle structural inequality and advance collective liberation.

Experts, advocates, community leaders, and concerned voters testify in front of the Joint Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, October 22.

The Community Reporting of Algorithmic System Harms (CRASH) project brings together key stakeholders for discovery, scoping, and iterative prototyping of tools to enable broader participation in the creation of more accountable, equitable, and less harmful AI systems.

VICE says Coded Bias documentary is an essential introduction to algorithmic bias—and the systems that gave rise to it.

The list recognizes individuals who used their innovative thinking to make an impact on the world beyond financial success.

AJL's founder is an acclaimed TED talk speaker. Watch her famous talk highlighting her story and research that led her to launch the Algorithmic Justice League.

Attendees at the workshop explore identity, gender presentation, face surveillance, and the consequences of algorithmic bias.

Debuted at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, “The Coded Gaze” mini documentary follows Poet of Code Joy Buolamwini's personal frustrations with facial recognition software and the need for more inclusive code.

Advocates Say Facial Recognition Reveals Systemic Racism in AI Technology. Joy Buolamwini speaks with Democracy Now! Amy Goodman on the wrongful arrest of Robert Williams.

Gender Shades is an excavation of inadvertent negligence that will cripple the age of automation and exacerbate inequality if left to fester.

“60 Minutes” episode on facial recognition erases pioneering work of prominent Black female researchers: Joy Buolamwini, Dr. Timnit Gebru, and Deborah Raji

In what may be the first known case of its kind, a faulty facial recognition match led to a Michigan man’s arrest for a crime he did not commit.

#DRAGVSAI is a hands-on workshop that explores identity, gender presentation, face surveillance, artificial intelligence, and algorithmic harms

On The New York Times' “Sway" Podcast, Kara Swisher interviews Joy Buolamwini, discussing taking Big Tech down a notch.

The Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing examines the use of facial recognition technology by government and commercial entities and the need for oversight.

Joy Buolamwini is featured in a Telegraph article highlighting her revolutionary work with the Algorithmic Justice League.

This article highlights AJL’s study that tested facial technologies from Amazon, IBM, Microsoft, Face++, and Kairos.

Olay has teamed up with Joy Buolamwini, who explains how beauty data can marginalize people of color.

The Algorithmic Justice League and Center on Technology & Privacy at Georgetown Law decide to sunset the 2018 Safe Face Pledge aimed at curtailing abuses of facial recognition technologies.

On November 4th, the Coded Gaze Exhibition debuts at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the InCoding Manifesto was screened.

Directed by Shalini Kantayya, Coded Bias illuminates the harms that AI poses over people's lives, especially minorities. Official Sundance Selection 2020.

A spoken word piece that highlights the ways in which artificial intelligence can misinterpret the images of iconic black women: Oprah, Serena Williams, Michelle Obama, and more.

Fast Company has listed Algorithmic Justice League as one of the 10 most innovative companies in artificial intelligence for 2020/2021.

AJL's Founder believe the "hygiene" of artificial intelligence will determine its longer-term success.

An Opinion piece in the New York Times about the AJL's research into biased AI, highlighting real-world examples like the hiring practices of HireVue’s algorithms.

Broadcast to 300 million viewers, BBC Click interviews AJL Founder Joy Buolamwini for the "Is AI Biased?" episode.

A collaborative video response to IBM's "Dear Tech..." Ad which speaks to the potential of technology without addressing the role of tech companies in propagating harms.

Happy Hacker Summer Camp Season! A CRASH Project update, from the team at the Algorithmic Justice League

AJL released a groundbreaking new report that lays the foundation for a new type of ‘bug bounty’ program (BBP) that will better incentivize the discovery of algorithmic bias and harm.

Lessons from cybersecurity vulnerability disclosure for algorithmic harms discovery, disclosure, and redress, led by AJL researchers Josh Kenway, Camille François, Sasha Costanza-Chock, Inioluwa Deborah Raji, and Dr. Joy Buolamwini.

The Atlantic Op-Ed by Dr. Joy Buolamwini urges taxpayers to be wary of the U.S. government for pushing ID.me’s face-based biometric technology on them.

Coded Bias, which will premiere at Sundance, follows the journey to pass the first-ever legislation to govern A.I. in the US.

The Open Mind was the first to interview iconic civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. on national television.

Joy Buolamwini writes an Op-Ed in TIME Magazine’s 2019 Optimists issue, guest-edited by Ava DuVernay.

A collective of tech leaders sign a letter demanding that the tech industry stop the spread of hate and terrorism on digital platforms.

Joy Buolamwini, Latanya Sweeney, and Darren Walker come together to discuss the limits of technology in the face of algorithmic bias.

Joy Buolamwini performs her spoken word piece “AI, Ain’t I A Woman?”—her response to algorithmic bias - in the Vision & Justice segment.

The Algorithmic Justice League commends this decision as a first move forward towards company-side responsibility to promote equitable and accountable AI.

Directed by Shalini K., Code for Bias sheds light about the harms and biases of artificial intelligence impacting our society.

The Gender Shades research used 1270 faces to reveal IBM, Miscrosoft, and Face++ were better at guessing the gender of male faces than female faces.

“The Coded Gaze” keynote at Stanford HAI 2019 Fall Conference.

Although algorithmic auditing has emerged as a key strategy to expose systematic biases in software platforms, we struggle to understand the real impact of these audits.

Joy Buolamwini, Dr. Timit Gebru, and Deborah Raji’s trailblazing academic research "Gender Shades" on race and gender bias in facial analysis technology is honored at EFF's Pioneer Award Ceremony 2020.

Brooklyn Tenants Protest Against Facial Recognition Entry Systems and AJL signs letter to New York State Homes and Community Renewal.

Our collective enthusiasm for applying computer technology to every aspect of life has resulted in poorly designed systems.

In the 19th century, criminologists used the new medium of photography to classify and predict the "criminal type."

Algorithms falsely identified African-American and Asian faces 10 to 100 times more than Caucasian faces.

Poem by the Poet of Code

A letter to Jeff Bezos uncovering bias in Amazon's Rekognition software and urging him to stop selling it to Law Enforcement.

PBS Frontline interviews Joy Buolamwini on the biases of AI in conjunction with the release of their documentary, In The Age of AI.

When the Future Is Now: On Understanding AI and Being a Misfit Artist in a Family of Scientists.

“AI: More Than Human” looks at AI’s real-life application in fields such as healthcare, journalism and retail.

In the wake of #BlackLivesMatter and #TimesUp, this exhibition highlights that democracy, time and memory are as fragile as our breath.

For Vital Voices' inaugural event franchise “NowThis NEXT” hosted by Late Night’s Seth Meyers and Netflix CMO Bozoma Saint John, New York Times Best-Selling author Elaine Welteroth interviewed Algorithmic Justice League Founder Joy Buolamwini.

A powerful spoken word piece that discusses how even iconic Black women figures are mislabeled and mis-gendered by facial analysis tools.

AJL's founder sits down with Doha Debates Correspondent Nelufar Hedayat to talk about how existing power structures can lead to unintended bias in AI.

Ruha Benjamin cuts through tech-industry hype to understand how new technologies can reinforce White supremacy and deepen social inequity.

Joy Buolamwini founded the Algorithmic Justice League to make people aware of the bias embedded in our networks.

In Facial Recognition Technologies in the Wild: A Call for a Federal Office, researchers Erik Learned-Miller, Joy Buolamwini, Vicente Ordóñez, and Jamie Morgenstern propose an FDA-inspired model that categorizes facial recognition technologies.

Joy Buolamwini, a poet of code, tells stories that make daughters of diasporas dream and sons of privilege pause.

An urgent letter from the Algorithmic Justice League

Joy Buolamwini discusses “Compassion Through Computation: Fighting Algorithmic Bias” at the World Economic Forum.

In business, government, philanthropy, and arts,  Fortune Magazine's sixth annual 50 Greatest World Leaders are transforming the world.

“Can You See My Face?” is a poetic video by AJL's founder that illustrates the bias in coded systems.

A unique and interesting debate at the Barbican about whether creativity is only a human trait. Joy participates in the debate.

The Doha Debate tackles the most contentious question of all: Will AI help or harm humans globally?

Inspired by Allison Koenecke’s research and the story of her exclusion, Joy Buolamwini wrote the spoken word poem “Voicing Erasure.” Participants include champions of women's empowerment and scholars.

Black women engineers, professors, and government experts speak about being on the front lines of the civil rights movement.

A powerful investigative look at data-based discrimination―and how technology affects civil and human rights and economic equity.

Big Bang Data explores the intersections of culture,technology, and society in the digital age.

Forbes's annual 30 under 30 list that chronicles the brashest entrepreneurs across the United States and Canada features AJL's founder.

How intelligent can artificial intelligence be? And more importantly: what effects will the advances in this field have on our society?

AJL's founder urges public and private organizations including IBM, Microsoft, Google, Facebook Amazon, and more to sign the Safe Face Pledge.

Data skeptic Cathy O’Neil uncovers the dark secrets of big data, showing how our "objective" algorithms could in fact reinforce human bias.

Eubanks shows the impacts of data mining, policy algorithms, and predictive risk models on poor and working-class people in America.

We risk losing the gains made with the civil rights movement and women's movement under the false assumption of machine neutrality.

AI experts have joined forces to call for a dedicated federal office with the central authority to govern FRTs in their landmark new proposal Facial Recognition Technologies in the Wild: A Call for a Federal Office.

As artificial intelligence continues to transform our daily lives and power our world, are we stopping to ask ourselves, "Do these technologies benefit all of us?

Facial recognition programs can be biased against darker skin tones and against women. NBC's Stephanie Ruhle explores why it matters.

The Algorithmic Justice League is quoted in an in-depth article about the harms of AI and how to avoid them. AJL's research is referenced in BBC News.

On BBC Newsnight Live, Founder of AJL Joy Buolamwini reflects on facial recognition technology.

WIRED25 features AJL's founder and offers real hope that we can fix the mistakes of the past and still have a chance for a future we can survive.

The aim of the Global Tech Panel is to foster more cooperation between diplomacy and technology to address challenges and threats.

In an interview with Soledad O’Brien, Joy says that facial recognition software and technology need more regulation to ensure its accuracy.

Testimony at U.S House of Representatives Committee on Algorithmic Intelligence: Societal and Ethical Implications - Congressional Hearing"

Women with darker skin are more than twice as likely to be told their photos fail UK passport rules when they submit them online than lighter-skinned men, according to a BBC investigation using procedures from the Gender Shades study.

A 6787/S 5140 to ban the use of biometric surveillance technology in schools and require a commission to study the effects of this sort of technology on children.

A collective of tech leaders sign a letter demanding that the tech industry stop the spread of hate and terrorism on digital platforms.

The statement ahead of the White House's summit with technology companies on violent online extremism.

AVATARS//futures documents how artists represent their bodies, their ideas, their nations, and their dead in today’s digital world.