Researchers have developed an algorithmic planner that helps delegate tasks to humans and robots. The planner, 'Act, Delegate or Learn' (ADL), considers a list of tasks and decides how best to assign ...

In 2017, New York City passed a law to keep the city’s automated systems in check. Local Law 49, the first law of its kind in the nation, established a task force to examine the hidden algorithms ...

(TNS) — A task force convened by Pitt's Institute for Cyber Law, Policy, and Security will examine algorithms used by Allegheny County in human service and criminal justice settings for potential bias ...

“We should want governments to use data, that’s a good thing,” Executive Director Beth Schwanke said of the institute’s new report with recommendations for ethical use. “We just want to be doing it ...

The single technique for teaching neural networks multiple skills is a step towards general-purpose AI. If you can recognize a dog by sight, then you can probably recognize a dog when it is described ...

It was supposed to be groundbreaking. When New York City’s task force to develop policy on algorithm technologies was introduced two years ago, it was praised as a beacon of transparent and equitable ...

As robots increasingly join people on the factory floor, in warehouses and elsewhere on the job, dividing up who will do which tasks grows in complexity and importance. People are better suited for ...