/Music/ — In the era of digital music, the concept of mixtapes, once a staple of music sharing, has taken on a new form through apps like Vionde. Vionde utilizes a combination of YouTube, Blogger API, and Google AI to curate and suggest playlists tailored to individual preferences, effectively reviving the mixtape experience for the modern music enthusiast. Continue reading
Mon, Sep 18 — It is important to note that not all social media moderators are motivated by these dark sides and hidden agendas. Many moderators are genuinely trying to create a safe and welcoming environment for users. However, the power that social media moderators wield means that it is important to be aware of the potential for abuse. Continue reading
April 20, 2023 /Technology/ –Crowdsourcing is the process of obtaining information or services from a large group of people, typically via the internet. Crowdsourcing is a powerful tool that can be used to ensure that AI systems are accurate, unbiased, and meet the needs of the people who will be using them. There are a number of ways that organizations are using crowdsourcing to achieve these goals.
One way that organizations are using crowdsourcing is to collect data. This data can be used to train AI systems to perform tasks such as facial recognition, speech recognition, and language translation. Crowdsourcing can be used to collect a wide variety of data, including images, text, and audio. This data can be collected from a large number of people, which helps to ensure that the data is accurate and representative of the real world.
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Taha Yasseri, University College Dublin
At the end of every year, I gather statistics on the most viewed Wikipedia articles of the year. This helps me, a computational social scientist, understand what topics captured the most attention and gives me a chance to reflect on the major public events of the year. I try to use data to determine how the public (and more specifically here, English-language Wikipedia readers) will collectively remember the past year.
Vasilis Katos, Bournemouth University
It’s a crime story fit for the digital era. It was recently reported that a number of restaurants in New York had been targeted by internet scammers threatening to leave unfavourable “one-star” reviews unless they received gift certificates. The same threats were made to eateries in Chicago and San Francisco and it appears that a vegan restaurant received as many as eight one-star reviews in the space of a week before being approached for money.
Deborah Brown and Jayshree Bajoria are senior researchers at Human Rights Watch
Last week, Meta, formerly Facebook, released its first human rights report, which included some snippets from the pending Human Rights Impact Assessment on India. But this was not a preview of the full assessment. Rather, Meta told Human Rights Watch that it does not “have plans to publish anything further on the India HRIA,” an abdication of its commitment to transparency and due diligence.
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