AI

After 118 days, the longest actor strike in Hollywood history has come to an end. What does this mean for New Mexico?

This summer, during his internship with the Department of Homeland Security, a University of New Mexico student created a tool that could predict where future crimes may occur. But could this software have biases of its own?

More than 300 people turned out for a protest Wednesday in Albuquerque organized by the actors’ union SAG-AFTRA. They included members of other unions who are not on strike but are supporting their colleagues who are. The action took place in front of Netflix North America’s studios.

In the ongoing strikes by actors and writers in film and television, artificial intelligence is one of the most contentious issues. New Mexico’s robust production industry is feeling the strikes’ effects and on Monday a legislative committee heard dire warnings of the threat posed by AI.

On this episode two professors in law and political science discuss a multi-disciplinary course they're creating with other scholars to tackle bias in algorithms.

In episode 75, we're talking data privacy, surveillance, sophisticated bots, racially biased tech and misinformation on social media in the time of COVID,…