Gods and Robots In this episode of the podcast we shake things up! Neil is on the guest side of the table with his partner Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner to discuss their upcoming project Gods and Robots. Katherine is joined on the host side by friend of the show professor Michael Littman. See... See More Episodes arXiv Whitepapers Situating Data Sets: Making Public Data Actionable for Housing Justice Activists, governmentsm and academics regularly advocate for more open data. But how is data made open, and for whom is it made useful and usable? In this paper, we investigate and describe the work of making eviction data open to tenant organizers. We do this through an ethnographic description of... Beyond Voice Assistants: Exploring Advantages and Risks of an In-Car Social Robot in Real Driving Scenarios In-car Voice Assistants (VAs) play an increasingly critical role in automotive user interface design. However, existing VAs primarily perform simple 'query-answer' tasks, limiting their ability to sustain drivers' long-term attention. In this study, we investigate the effectiveness of an in-car... Auditing Work: Exploring the New York City algorithmic bias audit regime In July 2023, New York City (NYC) initiated the first algorithm auditing system for commercial machine-learning systems. Local Law 144 (LL 144) mandates NYC-based employers using automated employment decision-making tools (AEDTs) in hiring to undergo annual bias audits conducted by an independent... More featured content News Articles Robotic hand can identify objects with just one grasp Will AI tech like ChatGPT improve inclusion for people with communication disability? Stay in the loop. Subscribe to our newsletter for a weekly update on the latest podcast, news, events, and jobs postings. E-mail Leave this field blank Learning to grow machine-learning models Resilient bug-sized robots keep flying even after wing damage Mining the right transition metals in a vast chemical space New insights into training dynamics of deep classifiers Our neurodata can reveal our most private selves. As brain implants become common, how will it be protected? Integrating humans with AI in structural design We pitted ChatGPT against tools for detecting AI-written text, and the results are troubling Efficient technique improves machine-learning models’ reliability More news