Watch the video of Databite No. 135 on integrating an AI system into clinical healthcare. Read more

Ruha Benjamin presents Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code. Princeton Professor Ruha Benjamin discusses the relationship between machine bias and systemic racism, analyzing specific cases of “discr... Read more

Why should you care about the restaurant industry? Data & Society Fellow Veronica Avila explores the consequences of this “alarmingly low-wage industry," its roots in slavery and servitude, and how some employers are using ... Read more

How does an algorithm know what it knows? Data & Society Fellow Stephanie Dinkins explores what it means to craft AI developed from small and community-focused data. Dinkins’ project, “Not The Only One,” wmodels differen... Read more

Mary L. Gray's talk is based on her latest book, Ghost Work: How to Stop Silicon Valley from Building a New Global Underclass, a collaboration with computer scientist Siddharth Suri. Ghost Work is a necessary and revelatory exp... Read more

Robyn Caplan participates in a panel on automated content moderation. Read on Council on Foreign Relations

On Friday, June 8, the second-annual Future Perfect gathering at Data & Society brought together individuals from a variety of world-building disciplines—from art and fiction to architecture and science—to explore the uses,... Read more

On May 19, 2015 a group of about 20 individuals gathered at New America in Washington, DC for a discussion co-hosted by The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Data & Society Research Institute, Upturn, and New... Read more