Dec 6, 2021Welcome (back) to Parity!This article is reposted from the Parity Substack. Follow us there for updates. Hello, world! Welcome back to Parity, now coming from the brand new team. We took over for Dr. Rumman Chowdhury while she’s off solving some of the world’s most pressing (and challenging) algorithmic issues at Twitter. Rumman’s…Company Values9 min read
Jul 1, 2021I did not found Parity.Yesterday, NYT published a story announcing the news that I’d been nominated to take over a company that many in our space knew already: Rumman Chowdhury’s Parity. It should’ve been a moment of celebration for our company. But it wasn’t, because the reporter got it entirely wrong, erasing my friend…Artificial Intelligence3 min read
Published in OneZero·Jan 29, 2021Black-Box Algorithms Shouldn’t Decide Who Gets a VaccineA failure at Stanford teaches us the limits of medical algorithms — This story was co-authored by Dr. Rumman Chowdhury, CEO of Parity, an enterprise algorithmic audit platform company. “The algorithm did it” has become a popular defense for powerful entities who turn to math to make complex moral choices. It’s an excuse that recalls a time when the public was content…Vaccines5 min read
Jan 13, 2021Tech’s Reckoning: Society Demands A Sayby Liz O’Sullivan and Susannah Shattuck Last week, hundreds of Google workers shocked the world by announcing their unionizing efforts to the public. To those on the outside looking in, the fact that Google employees are organizing to make demands might be surprising — what could they possibly want, with…Google4 min read
Published in Arthur AI·Jul 16, 2020Member-onlyRecommendation Engines Need Fairness Too!How algorithmic fairness applies to recommendation systems beyond the classic “binary classifier” case. — As we turn to digital sources for news and entertainment, recommendation engines are increasingly influencing the daily experience of life, especially in a world where folks are encouraged to stay indoors. These systems are not just responsible for suggesting what we read or watch for fun, but also for doling…Artificial Intelligence9 min read
Published in Arthur AI·Jun 26, 2020Introducing Arthur Research Fellow: Sahil Verma!We recently sat down with Arthur’s latest research fellow, Sahil Verma to talk about his work both inside and outside of the company. Can you tell us a little bit about your background? I’m a first year PhD student at the Paul G. Allen School of Science and Engineering at…AI5 min read
Published in Arthur AI·Dec 3, 2019UK GPDR Watchdog: Explain Your AIThe UK’s Data Protection Authority just issued much-anticipated guidance that clarifies the complicated issue of the GDPR’s ‘right to explanation’. Here is some background on the issue and what the new information means. — Ever since the enactment of the GDPR, many in the AI industry have been quietly worrying about the enforcement of some of the policy’s lesser-known provisions. EU governments have been hard at work extracting massive fines from businesses left and right for their privacy practices, where lawmakers have thus far…Artificial Intelligence5 min read