US EditionTech industry tried reducing AI's pervasive bias. Now Trump wants to end its 'woke AI' efforts
- Past efforts to curb harmful bias in AI development are under investigation by the House Judiciary Committee, which sent subpoenas to Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, and others last month.
- Rep. Jim Jordan stated he aims to discover whether the Biden administration "coerced or colluded with" AI companies to censor lawful speech.
- Studies show self-driving cars struggle to detect darker-skinned pedestrians, and AI image generators often depict surgeons inaccurately as white men, raising concerns about equity in AI.
- Alondra Nelson noted the focus on ideological bias acknowledges efforts to address algorithmic bias in various sectors.
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Colorado lawmakers, being watched across the country, unveil revisions to artificial intelligence law
Pushback from Gov. Polis led to the proposed changes to delay the law for one year and exempt businesses with fewer than 500 employees in the first 15 months. All companies using AI must abide by state anti-discrimination laws.
Trump vs. 'Woke AI': Silicon Valley faces new battle
After scaling back diversity and inclusion programs in workplaces, US technology companies now face a new challenge – this time over the future of artificial intelligence. The Associated Press reported Monday that the Trump administration is redefining priorities, centering its focus on combating what it terms "Woke AI." The House Judiciary Committee, chaired by Republican Senator Jim Jordan, issued subpoenas last month to 15 technology companie…
‘Stop discriminating against students’: Obliterating wokeness one Ivy League showdown at a time
Former President Joe Biden made some seriously woke DEI policy changes that have left President Trump with quite the rainbow mess to clean up. And he must make his own lasting policy changes that will change American culture for the better. “Nobody wants to discriminate on the basis of race,” Trump policy strategist May Mailman tells Matthew Peterson of “Blaze News Tonight,” adding, “How can you change the Overton window and change the culture …
After a Campaign Against DEI, Trump Administration and Allies Turn Their Attention to ‘Woke’ Artificial Intelligence
AI images generated by Google were telling Americans ‘that George Washington was Black, or that America’s doughboys in World War I were, in fact, women,’ Vice President Vance says.
After withdrawing from their programs of diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace, technology companies could now face a second readjustment on their efforts to include artificial intelligence products.
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