Rebecca Heilweil
Former Reporter, Recode by Vox
Latest articles by Rebecca Heilweil
The Iowa caucuses app won’t be the only new tech this election cycle, but Congress hasn’t been funding voting security the way it should.
Despite a growing number of high-tech tools, law enforcement agencies don’t seem to want to disclose what they’re using.
An OCD drug created via AI will be tested on humans.
AI helped spot an early warning about the outbreak, and researchers have used flight traveler data to figure out where the novel coronavirus could pop up next.
Not all AI being used by schools is facial recognition. That doesn’t mean the tech doesn’t come with privacy risks.
The government is investing in a tool to catch illegal sales online.
One New York school district acquired facial recognition to keep students safe. But some say the technology has risks and isn’t worth the cost.
After pushing against the technology’s use at music festivals, a digital rights group fighting facial recognition is turning its attention to colleges.
So far, artificial intelligence’s development has outpaced regulation. Now regulation has to catch up.
A first-of-its-kind law might give employment candidates more insight into the algorithms that analyze their interviews, but they shouldn’t expect much to change.