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June 10, 2020
IBM Exits Facial Recognition Business, Citing Concerns Over Racial Bias
Consumer Reports talks to Evan Selinger, professor of philosophy, about the impact of IBM shutting down its facial recognition business.
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April 17, 2020
Tracking coronavirus with smartphones isn’t just a tech problem
Guest essay co-written by Evan Selinger, professor of philosophy, published by The Boston Globe.
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April 6, 2020
Masks and our face-recognition future: How coronavirus (slightly) clouds the picture painted by tech firms
Guest essay co-written by Evan Selinger, professor of philosophy, published by the New York Daily News.
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April 1, 2020
Seeing the COVID-19 Crisis Is Like Watching a Time Lapse of Climate Change. Will the Right Lessons Be Learned?
Essay co-written by Lawrence Torcello, associate professor of philosophy, published by Newsweek.
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January 30, 2020
Don’t expect a $550 million settlement to stop Facebook from scanning your face
Vox talks to Evan Selinger, professor of philosophy, about restrictions on facial recognition technologies.
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December 15, 2019
Students address challenges in RIT Grand Challenges Scholars Program
Ridding waterways of microplastics, delivering water to remote villages experiencing drought, and better ways to remove salt from water were just a few of the clean-water research projects recently presented by undergraduate students as part of RIT’s Grand Challenge Scholars program.
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November 19, 2019
Facial recognition: Do you really control how your face is being used?
USA Today talks to Evan Selinger, professor of philosophy, about regulation of facial recognition technology.
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November 12, 2019
A gathering of feminist pragmatists
The Rochester Beacon talks to Katie Terezakis, professor of philosophy, about the 2019 Feminist-Pragmatist Philosophy Colloquium.
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November 11, 2019
Why tyranny could be the inevitable outcome of democracy
Essay by Lawrence Torcello, associate professor of philosophy, published by The Conversation.
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October 17, 2019
What Happens When Employers Can Read Your Facial Expressions?
Guest essay co-written by Evan Selinger, professor of philosophy, published by The New York Times.
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July 12, 2019
The Week in Tech: Big Brother May Be Watching, but for How Long?
The New York Times talks to Evan Selinger, professor of philosophy, about facial recognition technology.
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June 28, 2019
The Strange Politics of Facial Recognition
The Atlantic talks to Evan Selinger, professor of philosophy, about facial recognition technology.