Category: bias

AI ‘Bias and Prejudice’ Is the Theme at Upcoming Biden Meeting in Silicon Valley

President Joe Biden will meet with activists, academics, and tech executives on June 20 to discuss artificial intelligence. The latest of many recent Biden AI moves, it’s another signal of his administration’s continued focus on race and “algorithmic discrimination” in its attempts to control the evolution of the burgeoning technology. In a June 19 statement…


BBC Is Biased ‘On Occasion,’ Says UK Culture Secretary

The UK Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer has told a group of MPs that the BBC is biased on occasion, but refused to give any specific examples. In her first appearance before the Culture, Media, and Sport Committee since she took up the post in February, Frazer said that she was a supporter of the BBC…


Trudeau Criticizes Tories for ‘Attack’ on CBC Following Twitter Label as ‘Government-Funded Media’

In the wake of Twitter labelling the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) as a “government-funded media” organization on April 16, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau criticized the Conservative Party, saying that it has repeatedly attacked the public broadcaster. “I think it says a lot about the Conservative Party of Canada. They’re choosing to constantly attack independent media…


Ageism in America Is Bad, TikTok Is Making It Much Worse

Commentary In February, just a few months after the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued Eli Lilly over alleged age bias, the American pharmaceutical company headquartered in Indianapolis found itself at the center of yet another age discrimination lawsuit. A senior sales rep at Eli Lilly alleged that the company had been attempting to weed…


‘Goodfellas’ Actor’s Widow Questions Oscar’s Memorial Snub Amid Political Bias Allegations

Author and television personality Dee Dee Sorvino is questioning why Sunday’s Academy Awards show excluded her late husband, “Goodfellas” actor Paul Sorvino, from their “In-Memoriam” segment. The widow shared concerns that her late husband’s conservative political views may have put him at odds with the socially liberal Hollywood gathering and contributed to the snub. Actor…


The Dark Side of ChatGPT

News Analysis OpenAI is a research organization founded by Elon Musk and Sam Altman in 2015 as a challenger to Google. The original mission of the venture was to create artificial intelligence for the benefit of humanity as a whole. The most notable part of OpenAI is a function called Chat GPT. It’s a chat…


Stanford Professors Push Back on University-Encouraged Student Informant Culture

A group of Stanford professors is calling for an end to a system on campus that allows students to anonymously report on each other for what they perceive to be biased or discriminatory conduct. At least 77 professors recently sent a petition to Stanford administrators, arguing that the university’s online reporting system, called Protected Identity…


Newsmax, Dropped by DirecTV, Decries Anti-Conservative Censorship

Millions of DirecTV subscribers no longer have access to Newsmax programming after the AT&T-owned satellite giant and the conservative news network failed to reach a new carriage deal. The official deadline passed at midnight on Tuesday. As a result, Newsmax’s programs went to a blackout for more than 13 million customers of the satellite service,…


Top Officials’ Bios Lend Credence to GOP Allegations of Bias at National Archives

Amid the fallout from the discovery of classified documents in President Joe Biden’s garage and Delaware residence, leading Republicans are looking for potential bias at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). The formal keeper of the federal government’s records was already facing scrutiny for its connection to the August FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago, the…


Twitter Seeks Dismissal of Disability Bias Lawsuit Over Job Cuts

Twitter Inc. has asked a federal judge in California to toss out a proposed class action claiming the mandate by CEO Elon Musk that employees return to the office and put in “long hours at high intensity” discriminates against workers with disabilities. Twitter’s lawyers late Wednesday filed a motion to dismiss the November lawsuit, saying…