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Twitter addresses questions of bias in its image-cropping algorithms, we take a look at Mario Kart Live and the stock market takes a hit after President Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis. This is your Daily Crunch for October 2, 2020. | | | |
Last month, (white) PhD student Colin Madland highlighted potential algorithmic bias on Twitter and Zoom — in Twitter’s case, because its automatic image cropping seemed to consistently highlight Madland’s face over that of a Black colleague. Today, Twitter said it has been looking into the issue: “While our analyses to date haven't shown racial or gender bias, we recognize that the way we automatically crop photos means there is a potential for harm.” Does that mean it will stop automatically cropping images? The company said it’s “exploring different options” and added, “We hope that giving people more choices for image cropping and previewing what they'll look like in the tweet composer may help reduce the risk of harm.” Read more | | Image Credits: Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket / Getty Images | | |
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One more thing I’ve mentioned it a few times before, but here’s one last big reminder — TechCrunch is hosting TC Sessions: Mobility 2020 on October 6 & 7, a virtual event that will bring together the best and brightest minds working on automated vehicle technology, shared micromobility and electrification. We’ll be talking to former Tesla co-founder and CTO JB Straubel about his new venture Redwood Materials, the CEOs of EV newcomers Polestar and Lucid Motors, Formula E driver Lucas di Grassi about a new kind of racing event (hint, scooters!), venture capitalists from Trucks VC, Hemi Ventures and Maniv, as well as Bryan Salesky, the co-founder of autonomous vehicle startup Argo AI and Uber’s director of policy for cities, Shin-Pei Tsay. Plus there will be a dedicated networking time, a pitch night on October 5 and a virtual expo. And I come bearing gifts! Click here to get 50% off a full access ticket, or click here to get a free ticket to the expo hall and breakout sessions. | | | | |
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