MIT kills racist AI database
Published in AI
Thursday, 02 July 2020 11:14

MIT kills racist AI database


It lowered the standards of the world

MIT has taken offline its highly cited dataset that trained AI systems to potentially describe people using racist, misogynistic, and other problematic terms.

Call of Duty clamps down on racists
Published in Gaming
Friday, 05 June 2020 12:20

Call of Duty clamps down on racists


Shoot on sight

EA Call of Duty: Modern Warfare developer Infinity Ward has promised to find and ban players using racial slurs in their in-game display names, as well as other measures to keep racist language out of its game.

Facebook censors white nationalism and separatism
Published in News


They might have to head over to whitesup

Facebook is broadening its definition of white nationalism and white separatism in a crackdown against hate speech on the social media platform.

Apple only interested in white Americans
Published in Mobiles
Thursday, 23 November 2017 12:31

Apple only interested in white Americans


No stores in black areas

The fruity-cargo cult Apple has no interest in peddling its rich toys to US black areas and appears to have segregated its distribution, according to a new study.