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Deconstructing Google’s excuses on tracking protection
by J.C. DE MARTIN Aug. 24, 2019

Aug. 24, 2019

https://freedom-to-tinker.com/2019/08/23/deconstructing-googles-excuses-on-… (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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Apple Isn't Disrupting Banks, It Is Helping Them
by J.C. DE MARTIN Aug. 24, 2019

Aug. 24, 2019

https://www.forbes.com/sites/francescoppola/2019/08/21/apple-and-the-banks/ (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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Report: A Crackdown On The Use Of Face Recognition Tech Is Brewing In The EU | Gizmodo Australia
by Alberto Cammozzo Aug. 24, 2019

Aug. 24, 2019

<https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2019/08/a-crackdown-on-the-use-of-face-recogniti…> [...] The EU has regulation in the works that will give citizens more power over how their facial recognition data is used, senior officials told the Financial Times. The plan will reportedly limit “the indiscriminate use of facial recognition technology” by both companies as well as public authorities. It will also give citizens the right to know when their facial recognition data is being used, according to a source who spoke with the Financial Times. According to the report, the restrictions on face recognition tech are part of a broader plan to address the use of artificial intelligence and to “foster public trust and acceptance” in this type of technology. A document obtained by the Financial Times stated that the intention is to “set a world-standard for AI regulation” with “clear, predictable and uniform rules … which adequately protect individuals.” “AI applications can pose significant risks to fundamental rights,” the document reportedly states. “Unregulated AI systems may take decisions affecting citizens without explanation, possibility of recourse or even a responsible interlocutor.” There have been a number of reports on how facial recognition tech has been inaccurate, misused, and abused, ranging from the tremendously dumb to unsettlingly disturbing and, in some cases, life-endangering. Which is oftentimes the point. The reported EU plan to target “indiscriminate” usage of facial recognition tech in public areas would extend to both public and private entities. Officials and private companies have mostly been able to continue to deploy this technology in flawed and unethical ways because there are very few explicit laws and legal requirements for transparency that would effectively limit or end their usage. The EU’s plans are reportedly still in their early stages, so it’s unclear what the exact parameters of the regulation will be. Still, sweeping legislation drafted to address technology that, unfortunately, is already being irresponsibly utilised is progress. The U.S. has yet to consider such a far-reaching plan, however, there has been some progress, with three U.S. cities instituting bans on the technology and others considering similar prohibitions. It’s also unclear if a massive surveillance system can coexist with individual rights to privacy and data. Sure, granting individuals the right to know exactly how their biometric data is being used is an important step toward transparency, but if they don’t like what they learn, what recourse will they have? And while some regulation is better than no regulation, some human rights advocates and ethical technologists might argue that simply putting limitations on a technology that can easily target vulnerable communities is not enough — that instead, we should ban it outright. Not all privacy experts believe that the technology needs to be banned everywhere forever. Appropriate uses cases may be possible. But while we’re seeing a litany of abuses, and until it’s proven that this technology causes more good than harm, it shouldn’t be used, especially by powerful government agencies and private corporations. It’s an argument the EU should consider as it decides how to ensure this invasive technology isn’t abused. Ultimately, its most ethical deployment may be no deployment at all.

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Ethically Aligned Design, First Edition (EAD1e) | IEEE
by Alberto Cammozzo Aug. 24, 2019

Aug. 24, 2019

<https://ethicsinaction.ieee.org/> We released Ethically Aligned Design, Version 1 (EADv1) as a Request for Input in December of 2016 and received over two hundred pages of in-depth feedback about the draft. We subsequently released Ethically Aligned Design, Version 2 (EADv2) in December 2017 and received over three hundred pages of in-depth feedback about the draft. Since that time, over one thousand people from the realms of business, academia and policy helped write, edit, and review Ethically Aligned Design, First Edition.

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Publication of RESET journal issue “Doing Gender Online”
by Francesca Musiani Aug. 24, 2019

Aug. 24, 2019

Cari colleghi e care colleghe, avevo già annunciato prima dell'estate l'uscita di questo numero di RESET -- l'introduzione è ora tradotta in inglese. carissimi saluti Francesca --------- We are delighted to announce the publication of *RESETs* latest issue entitled “Doing Gender Online”. Please find the summary below. Best regards, The Editorial Board of *RESET. Social Science Research on the Internet* *Marie Bergström & Dominique Pasquier*, "Doing Gender Online. Ordinary Practice Beyond Utopian Ideals. Introduction <https://journals.openedition.org/reset/1804>" - *Dina Pinsky*, "Doing gender online through flirtation. Digitally mediated romantic interactions among college students <https://journals.openedition.org/reset/1303>" - *Chloé Paberz*, "Garçons manqués, monstres et lolitas : jouer avec les rôles de filles dans une entreprise de jeux vidéo sud-coréenne <https://journals.openedition.org/reset/1341>" - *Johann Chaulet & Jessica Soler-Benonie* : "Se réunir pour jouer : les LAN parties entre ajustements et réaffirmation des identités genrées <https://journals.openedition.org/reset/1309>". - *Florian Vörös*, "La valeur des plaisirs pornographiques en ligne. Masculinités, sexualités et hiérarchies culturelles <https://journals.openedition.org/reset/1315>". - *Lucie Delias*, "Les facteurs de l’autonomie face à l’informatique connectée chez les retraités français : génération et trajectoires genrées <https://journals.openedition.org/reset/1321>". - *Varia* : *Alban* *Chaplet*, " Les consommations d’humour des étudiants. L’espace des préférences et des pratiques <https://journals.openedition.org/reset/1750>". -- Francesca Musiani, Ph.D. Chargée de recherche | Associate Research Professor, CNRS <http://www.cnrs.fr> Directrice adjointe | Deputy Director, Centre for Internet and Society <http://cis.cnrs.fr> [CIS], UPR 2000 Chercheuse associée | Associate Researcher, i3-CSI <http://www.csi.ensmp.fr/>, MINES ParisTech Global Fellow, Internet Governance Lab <https://internetgovernancelab.org>, American University I'm involved in: CPT <http://iamcr.org/s-wg/section/cp-t>-IAMCR | @PolicyR <http://policyreview.info/> | ISOC Franc <https://www.isoc.fr>e <https://www.isoc.fr> | CSA Lab <https://www.csa.fr/Informer/CSA-lab/Fonctionnement> | RESET <https://journals.openedition.org/reset/> On the Web <http://www.iscc.cnrs.fr/spip.php?article1960> | On Twitter <https://twitter.com/franmusiani>

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Non è tanto il profitto di per sé che fa problema ma il come lo si ottiene e a chi lo si deve dare
by don Luca Peyron Aug. 23, 2019

Aug. 23, 2019

*Duecento tra le principali aziende di Wall Street e colossi finanziari - da Jp Morgan ad Amazon, da BlackRock a General Motors - hanno reso pubblico un documento in cui sostengono che per creare valore di lungo periodo, le aziende non devono solo portare dividendi ai propri azionisti, costi quel che costi.* Una notizia ed un commento apparentemente lontano dai nostri temi, ma credo invece significativo rispetto al governo della tecnologia, al suo futuro ed alla democraticità dell'intero sistema. Buona lettura per chi lo desidera dl http://www.vita.it/it/article/2019/08/20/zamagni-quel-documento-e-un-atto-d… _________________________ www.universitari.to.it via XX settembre 83, Torino tel. 011 5156239

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Chi "addestra" le auto a guida autonoma?
by Antonio Casilli Aug. 22, 2019

Aug. 22, 2019

Il 14 giugno scorso, Florian Schmidt, professore di design all'Università di Scienze Applicate di Dresda, aveva presentato la relazione conclusiva del nostro convegno INDL-1 "Microwork Platforms". Il tema del suo intervento era il mercato del data training nel settore automobilistico europeo e internazionale. La sua presentazione si basava sui dati di un progetto finanziato dalla Fondazione Hans Böckler. Il rapporto finale del progetto è ora disponibile in inglese e io ne consiglio caldamente la lettura a tutt* quell* che vogliono saperne di più sui lavoratori dell'ombra che insegnano alle auto "senza guidatore" a distinguere un albero da un pedone. https://www.boeckler.de/pdf/p_fofoe_WP_155_2019.pdf "The self-driving car depends on so-called self-learning algorithms, which require large amounts of “training data”. The production of this training data or “ground truth data” requires vast amounts of manual labour in data annotation, performed by crowdworkers across the globe. The crowdworkers both train AI systems and are trained by AI systems. Humans and machines work together in ever more complex structures. An end of this work is not in sight; according to interviews with experts conducted for the study, the demand for this type of labour will continue to grow rapidly in the foreseeable future. However, as the study also shows, while this type of labour creates a new class of skilled crowdworkers, the precariousness of this work remains high because individual tasks are continuously under threat either of being automated or of being further outsourced to an even cheaper region in the world. As the study shows, 2018 saw an influx of hundreds of thousands of crowd-workers from Venezuela specialising in these tasks. On some new platforms, this group now makes up 75 per cent of the workforce. These recent geographical shifts in the supply of labour are a symptom of deeper structural changes within the crowdsourcing industry." -- Antonio A. Casilli Associate Professor (HDR), Telecom Paris (Paris School of Telecommunications) Member, Interdisciplinary Institute for Innovation (i3 UMR 9217 CNRS) Associate Member, LACI-IIAC (EHESS) Faculty Fellow, Nexa Center for Internet & Society

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nasce in Calabria il primo corso di laurea in “Gestione e conservazione dei documenti digitali”
by don Luca Peyron Aug. 21, 2019

Aug. 21, 2019

Ad avviare il nuovo percorso, il primo in Italia, è l’Università della Calabria con sede a Rende (Cosenza), presso il Dipartimento di Lingue e scienze dell’educazione. Di durata biennale, il corso prevede la formazione di figure professionali come il responsabile della gestione documentale e il conservatore dei documenti digitali Buona lettura dl https://agensir.it/quotidiano/2019/8/21/universita-nasce-in-calabria-il-pri… _________________________ www.universitari.to.it via XX settembre 83, Torino tel. 011 5156239

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The US Military's AI Can't Find Targets On Its Own — Yet, Top USAF General Says - Defense One
by Alberto Cammozzo Aug. 21, 2019

Aug. 21, 2019

<https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2019/08/ai-cant-find-targets-their-ow…> Nearly two years since the Pentagon started bringing artificial intelligence to the battlefield, the algorithms still need human help, a top U.S. Air Force general said Tuesday. But Gen. Mike Holmes said the technology is getting better at identifying people, cars, and other objects in drone video. He also sees promise in other AI applications, like predicting when parts on planes will break. “[W]e’re still in the process of teaching the algorithms to be able to predict what’s there from the data and be as reliable as we would like it to be or as reliable as our teams of people [who] are doing that,” the Air Combat Command leader said Tuesday at a Defense Writers Group breakfast. “Those tools are there. We’re starting to use them and experiment with them,” he said. “I don’t think, in general, they’re at the point yet where we’re confident in them operating without having a person following through on it, but I absolutely think that’s where we’re going.” While Air Combat Command is best known for its high-performance fighter jets, Holmes also oversees the Air Force’s drone program and the stateside intelligence centers that process the video and other data collected from high above the battlefield. Two years ago, the Pentagon stood up Project Maven, a small cell tasked with putting algorithms inside the computers that receive video captured by drones above the battlefield. Maven deployed its first AI-powered tools in 2017, and Pentagon officials soon declared the initial experiments a success. But the deployment also sparked an ethical debate about using decision-making machines on the battlefield. A batch of Google employees objected to the company working on Project Maven. In June 2018, Holmes called artificial intelligence “a big part of our future and you’ll continue to see that expanded.” But the general’s comments Tuesday show that’s still a ways off. Holmes compared Project Maven to “teaching your three-year-old with the iPad” to pick out objects that are a certain color. “I would watch my previous aide de camp’s three-year-old and he’d pick out all the green things,” Holmes said. “Green, green, green, not green. “That’s what we’re doing with Maven. Its car, car, car, not car.” “You have to teach it and it learns and it’s learning, but it hasn’t learned yet to the point where you still don’t have to go back and have mom or dad looking over the shoulder of the three-year-old to say, ‘Yeah, those really are cars.’ Or ‘those really are green’.”

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The unsustainable cost of free returns
by Luigi Scorca Aug. 21, 2019

Aug. 21, 2019

https://www.voguebusiness.com/consumers/returns-rising-costs-retail-environ… Luigi

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