CCTV commissioner says he gets many queries about facial recognition and other toolsPolice forces, hospitals and councils struggle to understand how Read More
Dec 29, 2019
Artificial intelligence (AI)
Oct 29, 2019
AI system for granting UK visas is biased, rights groups claim
Immigrant rights campaigners bring legal challenge to Home Office on algorithm that streams visa applicantsImmigrant rights campaigners have begun a Read More
Sep 09, 2019
Taylor Swift threatened to sue Microsoft over its racist chatbot Tay
According to Microsoft’s president, the singer already had trademark issues with the company’s US version of the Chinese chatbot XiaoIce, before it Read More
Sep 05, 2019
The race to create a perfect lie detector – and the dangers of succeeding
AI and brain-scanning technology could soon make it possible to reliably detect when people are lying. But do we really want to know? By Amit Read More
Apr 30, 2019
Asking rape victims to hand over mobile phones is a further trial | Suzanne Moore
Putting women who have been sexually assaulted through another kind of scrutiny is hard to stomach when rape continues to carry few consequences for Read More
Apr 29, 2019
Rape cases ‘could fail’ if victims refuse to give police access to phones
Experts split on whether new guidance for crime victims will help or hinder prosecutionsVictims of rape and serious sexual assault who refuse to give Read More
Apr 29, 2019
Rape cases ‘could fail’ if victims refuse to give police access to phones
Experts split on whether new guidance for crime victims will help or hinder prosecutionsVictims of rape and serious sexual assault who refuse to give Read More
Feb 04, 2019
The Guardian view on crime and algorithms: big data makes bigger problems | Editorial
Machines can make human misjudgments very much worse. And should never be trusted with criminal justiceSome of the best, or at least sharpest, minds Read More
Nov 01, 2018
Criminal law not keeping pace with digital world – report
Law Commission England and Wales calls for reform of laws dealing with online abuseOnline communications law is incoherent and fails to protect Read More
Nov 01, 2018
Criminal law not keeping pace with digital world – report
Law Commission England and Wales calls for reform of laws dealing with online abuseOnline communications law is incoherent and fails to protect Read More
Sep 06, 2018
The criminalisation of upskirting is good news – but it’s just a start | Wera Hobhouse
The law must keep up with technology and go much further to protect women and girls from sexual offencesYesterday, the bill to make upskirting a Read More
Sep 06, 2018
The criminalisation of upskirting is good news – but it’s just a start | Wera Hobhouse
The law must keep up with technology and go much further to protect women and girls from sexual offencesYesterday, the bill to make upskirting a Read More