Machines can discriminate in harmful ways. I experienced this firsthand, when I was a graduate student at MIT in 2015 and discovered that some facial analysis software couldn’t detect my dark-skinned ...

Why a Tech Power Player? For her critical work on the biases present in AI. Joy Buolamwini didn’t set out to become one of the best-known critics of artificial intelligence. But while a graduate ...

A public interest group filed a U.S. federal complaint against artificial intelligence hiring tool, HireVue, in 2019 for deceptive hiring practices. The software, which has been adopted by hundreds of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I tell stories about creating environments that empower everyone. Workday, Inc is facing a collective-action lawsuit based on ...

Why a Tech Power Player? For leading contributions to software, digital activism, and equity. Joy Buolamwini founded The Algorithmic Justice League, a nonprofit that uses art and research to ...