Forbes.com has the prestige that comes from being the online arm of a century-old established brand; it has become a magnet for grifters because of this. After they opened up their website to contributors, outsiders have started charging businesses thousands of dollars for the honour of being mentioned in a Forbes article. The number of small business owners on Quora asking about the ethics of Forbes writers demanding them to pay up and the various answers confirming this behaviour, paints a picture of the extent of this problem. Read full article here
Societal Issues
AI Predicts Crime A Week In Advance With 90 Per Cent Accuracy
An artificial intelligence model built by Ishanu Chattopadhyay and his colleagues analysed crime data in Chicago from 2014 to 2016 and managed to predict future levels of crime down to the nearest 300 metres, a week before they actually happened. While extremely useful, this artificial intelligence has been shown to expose racial prejudice in law enforcement. Hopefully, as the study’s data and methodology have been made available for others to evaluate, these prejudices can be avoided in the next iteration. Read full article here
Merv
August 15, 2022
