Automation and early-stage artificial intelligence systems are already changing the nature of employment and working conditions in multiple sectors. Artificial intelligence systems ‘learn’ based on the data they are given.
An examination of AI systems used by border patrol and police, looking at the ways in which these systems expand the power and reach of law enforcement and the carceral state, and how researchers, organizers, and scholars are pushing back. This, along with many other factors, can lead to biased, inaccurate, and unfair outcomes. A research institute examining the social implications of artificial intelligenceAI Now submits comments to the Australian Human Rights Commission’s proposals on AI and human rights.
Currently, our research focuses on four key domains: rights and liberties, labor and automation, bias and inclusion, and safety and critical infrastructure. Read the full written testimony.Our 2019 Report examines new research on the risks and harms of AI, including its use by companies to aggressively manage and control workers, its climate impact, and the growing use of facial and affect recognition. *Confronting Black Boxes* is a community powered shadow report that provides a comprehensive record of the Task Force’s community engagemen...Written Testimony to the New York City Council on the use of Electronic Health RecordsOn November 20th, Varoon Mathur, Tech Fellow at AI Now, testified before the New York City Council on privacy and security concerns on the use of Electronic Health Records. AI Now works with social scientists, economists, labor organizers, and others to better understand AI's implications for labor and work – examining who benefits and who bears the cost of these rapid changes.Data reflects the social, historical and political conditions in which it was created. They produce annual reports that examine the … Launched in 2016, our annual Symposium brings together leading experts to discuss the biggest challenges we face as AI moves further into our everyday lives. Tickets will become available on August 26th.Driving forward our work on Gender, Race, and Power in AIAI Now is seeking a full-time Research Lead to design and develop AI Now’s strategy and programs related to AI, Gender, Race, and Power research.AI Now is seeking an Executive Director (ED) to join our Leadership Team at this exciting moment in our organization’s growth. AI Now studies the ways in which AI and related technologies are being applied within these domains and aims to understand possibilities for safe and responsible AI integration. Sign up for our mailing list and follow us on Twitter to stay in touch. As artificial intelligence and related technologies are used to make determinations and predictions in high stakes domains such as criminal justice, law enforcement, housing, hiring, and education, they have the potential to impact basic rights and liberties in profound ways. Our latest report, Disability, Bias, and AI, draws from a wealth of research from disability advocates and scholars, and examines what d...Comments to HUD Proposed Rule on the Fair Housing Act's Disparate Impact StandardAI Now, NYU Law's Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law, and other scholars submitted the following comments to the US Department on Housing and Urban Development regarding its proposed rule on the Fair Housing Act's disparate impact standard and defense.Videos from the AI Now 2019 Symposium: The Growing Pushback Against Harmful AI are now live on our website and YouTube channel.While the tech industry claims to be “green,” tech’s climate impact is significant and growing. We welcome applications across a range of interests and disciplines.AI Now with other researchers and organizations provided testimony in support of Massachusetts Legislation, S.1876/H.2701, which creates a Commission on government use of automated decision-making and artificial intelligence systems.New Challenges to Government Use of Algorithmic Decision SystemsFollowing up on our 2018 report, Litigating Algorithms 2019 U.S. Report examines recent U.S. lawsuits brought against government use of ADS, and how fighting these systems in the court has helped mitigate some of the harm caused by these systems.Tech spends millions recruiting students, even as issues of tech equity and ethics move to the center of public discussion. Read the work that has inspired us.AI Now is seeking an exceptional Executive Assistant to provide administrative and project management support to one of the Co-Founders and Co-Directors of the Institute.Building on AI Now’s 2016 and 2017 reports, this year’s report contends with the central problem of accountability in AI, and provides 10 practical recommendations that can help create frameworks capable of governing these powerful technologies.Videos from the AI Now 2018 Symposium on Ethics, Organizing, and Accountability are now live on our website and YouTube channel. Researching the social implications of artificial intelligence now to ensure a more equitable future. Automation and early-stage artificial intelligence systems are already changing the nature of employment and working conditions in multiple sectors. As artificial intelligence and related technologies are used to make determinations and predictions in high stakes domains such as criminal justice, law enforcement, housing, hiring, and education, they have the potential to impact basic rights and liberties in profound ways. AI Now is partnering with the ACLU and other stakeholders to better understand and address these impacts.
This year, we’re providing behind-the-scenes insights from those at the frontlines of the growing pushback against harmful AI. Read the full testimony here.Written Testimony to the New York City Council on Creating Comprehensive Reporting and Oversight of NYPD Surveillance TechnologiesOn December 18th, Genevieve Fried, Technology Fellow at AI Now, testified before the New York City Council on the need for transparency around the existence and use of surveillance technology by NYPD. Read writing from AI Now Institute on Medium. AI Now is partnered with organizations such as the New York University Tandon School of Engineering, New York University Center for Data Science, Partnership on AI, and the ACLU.
An examination of AI systems used by border patrol and police, looking at the ways in which these systems expand the power and reach of law enforcement and the carceral state, and how researchers, organizers, and scholars are pushing back. This, along with many other factors, can lead to biased, inaccurate, and unfair outcomes. A research institute examining the social implications of artificial intelligenceAI Now submits comments to the Australian Human Rights Commission’s proposals on AI and human rights.
Currently, our research focuses on four key domains: rights and liberties, labor and automation, bias and inclusion, and safety and critical infrastructure. Read the full written testimony.Our 2019 Report examines new research on the risks and harms of AI, including its use by companies to aggressively manage and control workers, its climate impact, and the growing use of facial and affect recognition. *Confronting Black Boxes* is a community powered shadow report that provides a comprehensive record of the Task Force’s community engagemen...Written Testimony to the New York City Council on the use of Electronic Health RecordsOn November 20th, Varoon Mathur, Tech Fellow at AI Now, testified before the New York City Council on privacy and security concerns on the use of Electronic Health Records. AI Now works with social scientists, economists, labor organizers, and others to better understand AI's implications for labor and work – examining who benefits and who bears the cost of these rapid changes.Data reflects the social, historical and political conditions in which it was created. They produce annual reports that examine the … Launched in 2016, our annual Symposium brings together leading experts to discuss the biggest challenges we face as AI moves further into our everyday lives. Tickets will become available on August 26th.Driving forward our work on Gender, Race, and Power in AIAI Now is seeking a full-time Research Lead to design and develop AI Now’s strategy and programs related to AI, Gender, Race, and Power research.AI Now is seeking an Executive Director (ED) to join our Leadership Team at this exciting moment in our organization’s growth. AI Now studies the ways in which AI and related technologies are being applied within these domains and aims to understand possibilities for safe and responsible AI integration. Sign up for our mailing list and follow us on Twitter to stay in touch. As artificial intelligence and related technologies are used to make determinations and predictions in high stakes domains such as criminal justice, law enforcement, housing, hiring, and education, they have the potential to impact basic rights and liberties in profound ways. Our latest report, Disability, Bias, and AI, draws from a wealth of research from disability advocates and scholars, and examines what d...Comments to HUD Proposed Rule on the Fair Housing Act's Disparate Impact StandardAI Now, NYU Law's Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law, and other scholars submitted the following comments to the US Department on Housing and Urban Development regarding its proposed rule on the Fair Housing Act's disparate impact standard and defense.Videos from the AI Now 2019 Symposium: The Growing Pushback Against Harmful AI are now live on our website and YouTube channel.While the tech industry claims to be “green,” tech’s climate impact is significant and growing. We welcome applications across a range of interests and disciplines.AI Now with other researchers and organizations provided testimony in support of Massachusetts Legislation, S.1876/H.2701, which creates a Commission on government use of automated decision-making and artificial intelligence systems.New Challenges to Government Use of Algorithmic Decision SystemsFollowing up on our 2018 report, Litigating Algorithms 2019 U.S. Report examines recent U.S. lawsuits brought against government use of ADS, and how fighting these systems in the court has helped mitigate some of the harm caused by these systems.Tech spends millions recruiting students, even as issues of tech equity and ethics move to the center of public discussion. Read the work that has inspired us.AI Now is seeking an exceptional Executive Assistant to provide administrative and project management support to one of the Co-Founders and Co-Directors of the Institute.Building on AI Now’s 2016 and 2017 reports, this year’s report contends with the central problem of accountability in AI, and provides 10 practical recommendations that can help create frameworks capable of governing these powerful technologies.Videos from the AI Now 2018 Symposium on Ethics, Organizing, and Accountability are now live on our website and YouTube channel. Researching the social implications of artificial intelligence now to ensure a more equitable future. Automation and early-stage artificial intelligence systems are already changing the nature of employment and working conditions in multiple sectors. As artificial intelligence and related technologies are used to make determinations and predictions in high stakes domains such as criminal justice, law enforcement, housing, hiring, and education, they have the potential to impact basic rights and liberties in profound ways. AI Now is partnering with the ACLU and other stakeholders to better understand and address these impacts.
This year, we’re providing behind-the-scenes insights from those at the frontlines of the growing pushback against harmful AI. Read the full testimony here.Written Testimony to the New York City Council on Creating Comprehensive Reporting and Oversight of NYPD Surveillance TechnologiesOn December 18th, Genevieve Fried, Technology Fellow at AI Now, testified before the New York City Council on the need for transparency around the existence and use of surveillance technology by NYPD. Read writing from AI Now Institute on Medium. AI Now is partnered with organizations such as the New York University Tandon School of Engineering, New York University Center for Data Science, Partnership on AI, and the ACLU.