Posts Tagged ‘technology’
UNESCO Launches First Virtual Museum of Looted Cultural Objects
The virtual museum works in most browsers and lets visitors explore artifacts by region, use, or color or search for specific pieces.
Read More‘Black Diary 1887’ expands to D.C. with GPS walking tours
Black Diary 1887 is a free GPS-guided walking tour app highlighting D.C.’s Black history, music, culture, and historic neighborhoods.
Read MoreJustice in the Algorithm
We’re at a pivotal moment: AI is no longer fiction—it’s learning us in real time. If we don’t shape it with justice, it will inherit our deepest inequities.
Read MoreBlack Entrepreneurs in Charlotte Launch $3.7M Campaign to Build Innovation Center
Entrepreneurs in Charlotte, North Carolina, are coming together to build a creative hub designed to support and uplift small Black businesses no matter the industry.
Read MoreBlack Students Are Being Watched Under AI and They Know It
Schools have adopted the use of AI to track students’ activities, which can often create an oppressive and policing atmosphere.
Read MoreDetroit woman suing police, claiming faulty facial recognition technology led to unjust arrest
In the latest case of racially-based false identifications, a Detroit woman believes that facial recognition played a role.
Read More‘It’s buzzing here’: Detroit’s revival takes shape after decades of decay
The tech scene is booming in the US’s largest Black-majority city, with foreign investment and a recent population boost
Read MoreBlue Origin launches six tourists to the edge of space after nearly two-year hiatus
The man Kennedy selected in 1961 to be the first Black American astronaut candidate finally reached space at 90 among a group of six people launched in a tourism rocket.
Read MoreMeta’s AI image generator really struggles with the concept of interracial couples
Meta’s AI image generator apparently struggles to produce images of interracial couples, a reflection of its training material.
Read MoreAs AI tools get smarter, they’re growing more covertly racist, experts find
A report reveals that AI discriminates against Black job applicants, presenting a concern in a world that increasingly uses the technology.
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