7 September 2022
AutoCheck workshops on Automated Decision-Making Systems and Discrimination
Understanding causes, recognizing cases, supporting those affected: documents for implementing a workshop.
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AlgorithmWatch is a non-profit research and advocacy organization that is committed to watch, unpack and analyze automated decision-making (ADM) systems and their impact on society.
Wolt: Couriers’ feelings don’t always match the transparency report
In August, the Finnish delivery service Wolt published its first “algorithmic transparency report”. We asked three couriers about their experiences. They don't always match the report’s contents.
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How the German government decided not to protect people against the risks of AI
Today, EU member states’ ministers are meeting in Brussels to formally adopt the version of the AI Act that their governments agreed to. As it stands, it will not be in line with the German government’s vows to protect fundamental rights. Instead, it will propose lavish exemptions for security agencies to the detriment of people’s rights.
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A guide to the EU’s new rules for researcher access to platform data
Thanks to the Digital Services Act (DSA), public interest researchers in the EU have a new legal framework to access and study internal data held by major tech platforms. What does this framework look like, and how can it be put into practice?
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Joint statement: The EU AI Act must protect people on the move
In its current form, the AI Act does not adequately address and prevent harms stemming from the use of AI in the migration context. Today, AlgorithmWatch together with 191 organizations and individuals are sending a decisive signal to EU decision-makers: ensure the protection of human rights of people on the move!
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Algorithmic elections: How automated systems quietly disenfranchise voters
In the United States, automated systems purge voters rolls and verify signatures. They sometimes discard valid votes, especially in historically marginalized communities. Such systems are unlikely to be as widespread in the European Union.
A person voting in Washington, D.C. Negative by Marion S. Trikosko, 1964.
Open Letter: EU must protect fundamental freedoms for online political speech
As EU lawmakers negotiate important new transparency rules for online political ads, AlgorithmWatch and 8 other civil society organizations are calling on the German government to address serious risks to democratic pluralism and freedom of expression contained in the Council’s most recent proposal.
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How does automated decision-making effect our daily lives? Where are the systems applied and what happens when something goes wrong? Read our journalistic investigations on the current use of ADM systems and their consequences. Read our stories
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7 December 2022
From cloning actors’ voices to detecting missiles: Ukraine’s AI scene contributes to air defense
Zvook is a system that detects incoming missiles and drones using audio sensors and Artificial Intelligence. It was created in part by the people behind Respeecher, the company infamous for cloning the voices of Star Wars characters.
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8 November 2022
Open letter: the German government should stand up for a strong ban on biometric surveillance in the Council of EU negotiations regarding the AI Act
AlgorithmWatch and 26 other civil society organizations are calling on the German government to stand up in the negotiations on the AI Act and advocate for a strong ban on biometric surveillance as mirrored in its coalition treaty.
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26 October 2022
AlgorithmWatch is offering 5 fellowships in algorithmic accountability reporting
Fellows will receive €1,200 per month during 6 months and will report on automated decision-making in Europe.
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Our research projects take a specific look at automated decision-making in certain sectors, ranging from sustainablity, the COVID-19 pandemic, human resources to social media platfroms and public discourse. You can also get involved! Engage and contribute, for example with a data donation! Learn more about our projects
About the project, 1 April 2021
SustAIn: The Sustainability Index for Artificial Intelligence
How sustainable is Artificial Intelligence? At this point in time, we are aware that a lot of energy is needed in the development and application of AI, that so-called click workers classify data sets for training AI systems under very poor working conditions and that these systems quite often reinforce existing patterns of discrimination. In view of an increasing number of AI systems in use, there is an urgent need to discuss how AI can be made more sustainable. This is where our project SustAIn comes in.
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