New York Times: For brides on social media, diet ads are becoming unavoidable

Posted on November 25, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

New York Times: For brides on social media, diet ads are becoming unavoidable. “After Lauren Aitchison became engaged in March 2022, she began seeing targeted ads for wedding content everywhere, with marketing phrases such as ‘shredding for the wedding’ and ‘bridal boot camp.’ ‘My Pinterest boards were already quite full,’ she jokes. ‘It wasn’t a massive surprise to my algorithm.’ Up until then, Aitchison, 34, had been inundated by general diet ads as well as wedding ads from bridal jewelry brands, but something switched once she posted about her engagement.”

Scientific American: ChatGPT Replicates Gender Bias in Recommendation Letters

Posted on November 22, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

Scientific American: ChatGPT Replicates Gender Bias in Recommendation Letters. “Generative artificial intelligence has been touted as a valuable tool in the workplace. Estimates suggest it could increase productivity growth by 1.5 percent in the coming decade and boost global gross domestic product by 7 percent during the same period. But a new study advises that it should only be used with careful scrutiny—because its output discriminates against women.”

University of Florida: Study reveals bias in AI tools when diagnosing women’s health issue

Posted on November 21, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

University of Florida: Study reveals bias in AI tools when diagnosing women’s health issue. “Machine learning algorithms designed to diagnose a common infection that affects women showed a diagnostic bias among ethnic groups, University of Florida researchers found.”

TechCrunch: YouTube now allows monetization on videos with breastfeeding nudity and ‘non-sexually graphic dancing’

Posted on November 19, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

TechCrunch: YouTube now allows monetization on videos with breastfeeding nudity and ‘non-sexually graphic dancing’. “YouTube is updating its guidelines to allow new types of content to monetize adult content, including videos that display nudity while breastfeeding and non-sexually graphic dancing.”

BBC: Why are fewer women using AI than men?

Posted on November 13, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

BBC: Why are fewer women using AI than men?. “While 54% of men now use AI in either their professional or personal lives, this falls to just 35% of women, according to a survey earlier this year. What are the reasons for this apparent AI gender gap, and should it be a concern?”

It’s Nice That: KyKy Archives preserves the history of Black queer people, places and culture

Posted on November 10, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

It’s Nice That: KyKy Archives preserves the history of Black queer people, places and culture. “Zora and Siddisse have been completely independent and free of institutional support since they started, and it has made for a site that is truly transformative and unique.”

Washington Post: AI fake nudes are booming. It’s ruining real teens’ lives.

Posted on November 8, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

Washington Post: AI fake nudes are booming. It’s ruining real teens’ lives.. “On the top 10 websites that host AI-generated porn photos, fake nudes have ballooned by more than 290 percent since 2018, according to Genevieve Oh, an industry analyst. These sites feature celebrities and political figures such as New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez alongside ordinary teenage girls, whose likenesses have been seized by bad actors to incite shame, extort money or live out private fantasies. Victims have little recourse.”

CBC: Why you have to fill out a Google form to date me

Posted on November 1, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

CBC: Why you have to fill out a Google form to date me. “Alicia Bunyan-Sampson found dating as a polyamorous woman frustrating at best and downright abusive at worst. After too many surprises and hidden red flags, she created a Google questionnaire as a way of getting to know people better before meeting them in person.”

National Library of Wales: The Diversity Project of the Dictionary of Welsh Biography

Posted on October 31, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

National Library of Wales: The Diversity Project of the Dictionary of Welsh Biography. “Thanks to new funding through the Anti-Racist Wales Action Plan, the Dictionary of Welsh Biography (DWB) is undertaking a new project to enhance the quality and range of its contents. Over this year and the next, the Diversity Project will particularly focus on ethnicity and gender equality in newly commissioned articles to improve the representation of Wales’s diverse history.”

Fitness, butts and Instagram stories: How exercise is sexualized on social media (El País)

Posted on October 29, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

El País : Fitness, butts and Instagram stories: How exercise is sexualized on social media . “A couple of months ago Laura Kummerle tried uploading something different to her Instagram page. She’d been posting fitness routines for several years, so the exercises weren’t entirely new. But the camera shot was different: it focused directly on her butt, sexualizing the entire result. What happened next came as a surprise to no one, except Kummerle herself…. Her post multiplied the views she normally receives; comments and revenue soared as well.”

Government of New Jersey: Governor Murphy Signs Legislation Launching a New Online Portal to Provide Access to Critical Reproductive Health Care Information

Posted on October 26, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

Government of New Jersey: Governor Murphy Signs Legislation Launching a New Online Portal to Provide Access to Critical Reproductive Health Care Information . ” Governor Phil Murphy today signed a bill (S-3275/A-4829) alongside members of his Administration, legislators, advocates, and public officials to launch a brand new website – the Reproductive Health Information Hub accessible at nj.gov/reproductivehealth – providing critical information on reproductive rights, access, and health care coverage across New Jersey.”

The Verge: Google owes executive $1 million after losing gender bias lawsuit

Posted on October 22, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

The Verge: Google owes executive $1 million after losing gender bias lawsuit. “A jury found Google guilty of sexual discrimination and awarded female Google Cloud executive Ulku Rowe, who filed the complaint, $1.1 million. Rowe’s lawsuit alleged that the company gave higher pay to less-experienced male cohorts and that it later denied her promotions in retaliation for her complaints, both internal and later in court.”

Ars Technica: Apple AirTags stalking led to ruin and murders, lawsuit says

Posted on October 13, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

Ars Technica: Apple AirTags stalking led to ruin and murders, lawsuit says . “Since the lawsuit was initially filed in 2022, plaintiffs have alleged that there has been an ‘explosion of reporting’ showing that AirTags are frequently being used for stalking, including a spike in international AirTags stalking cases and more than 150 police reports in the US as of April 2022. More recently, there were 19 AirTags stalking cases in one US metropolitan area—Tulsa, Oklahoma—alone, the complaint said.”

Stanford Medicine: Wearable device data reveals that reduced sleep and activity in pregnancy is linked to premature birth risk

Posted on October 5, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

Stanford Medicine: Wearable device data reveals that reduced sleep and activity in pregnancy is linked to premature birth risk. “In the study, which published online Sept. 28 in npj Digital Medicine, the researchers collected data from devices worn by more than 1,000 women throughout pregnancy. With a machine learning algorithm, the scientists sifted through participants’ activity information to detect fine-grained changes in sleep and physical activity patterns.”

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