Facebook Apologizes After Algorithm Identifies Black Men As Primates - Newsonyx
Newsonyx
  • NEWS
  • POLITICS
  • BUSINESS
  • SPORTS
  • LIFESTYLE
  • Login
No Result
View All Result
Newsonyx
  • NEWS
  • POLITICS
  • BUSINESS
  • SPORTS
  • LIFESTYLE
No Result
View All Result
Newsonyx
No Result
View All Result
Home Culture

Facebook Apologizes After Algorithm Identifies Black Men As Primates

Tech companies are repeat offenders when it comes to racism.

Kristen MuldrowbyKristen Muldrow
September 7, 2021
in Culture
Facebook, artificial intelligence, primates, Black men, apology

Facebook/Photo courtesy of BBC

18
SHARES
74
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare via Email

Facebook has issued an apology and blamed faulty artificial intelligence (AI) for its algorithm identifying Black men as primates.

On Friday, Facebook called the misidentification an unacceptable error in its apology for a glitch that showed up on the app in a video from The Daily Mail’s page, reported The New York Times.

RELATED POSTS

TSU Marching Band Nominated For Two Grammys

11-Year-Old Gets Invited To Broadway After Viral Singing Video

“As we have said, while we have made improvements to our A.I., we know it’s not perfect, and we have more progress to make. We apologize to anyone who may have seen these offensive recommendations,” said Dani Lever, a spokesperson for Facebook.

The video’s post date was June 27, 2020, and the tech company was alerted when a friend of an employee sent a screenshot to her and reported the “error” to her supervisors.

To make matters worse, the video in question was comprised of a series of scenes where Black men were engaged in altercations with white police officers and civilians.

Other tech companies such as Google and Amazon have also come under fire for how their artificial intelligence algorithms are unfavorable to Black people.

One of the newest forms of AI is facial recognition technology that has proven to be detrimental to the life and liberty of Black people due to its use by police departments.

In 2015, Google came under fire after a photo on its Google Photos app also mislabeled Black people as primates.

Google issued an apology and said it would make changes. However, all the company did was censor the words “gorilla,” “monkey,” “chimp,” and “chimpanzee.”

Darci Groves, the Facebook employee who received the questionable screenshots, left the company this summer. However, she was very transparent about its desire to address its long history of racial woes.

“Facebook can’t keep making these mistakes and then saying, ‘I’m sorry,’” she said.

Less than 5 percent of Facebook’s workforce is Black.

Tags: AIalgorithmartificial intelligenceBlack menFacebookprimatesracismsocial mediatech companies
Share7Tweet5Send

Related Posts

TSU, Grammy, band,HBCU

TSU Marching Band Nominated For Two Grammys

byMary Symone
January 30, 2023
0

Congratulations, Aristocrats!!

New York, Broadway, Instagram, viral, Sophia, Samantha, Nathan, Broxton,

11-Year-Old Gets Invited To Broadway After Viral Singing Video

byAziah Kamari
January 18, 2023
0

Nathan received several supportive tweets, including one came from his idol, Leslie Odom Jr.

Africans, rebellion, drums, dancers, dances, rhythm, Afro-Puerto Rican, style, Bomba, tradition

Bomba: A Reminder Of African Roots In Puerto Rico

byTaylor Berry
January 17, 2023
0

Black Puerto Ricans carry on the tradition.🇵🇷

ChaCha Watson, lasagna, freezer, daughter, Miracle, Roblox, game

Chicago Mom Goes Viral For Telling Daughter To Remove The Lasagna And Garlic Bread From The Freezer Through Roblox Game

byTaylor Berry
January 12, 2023
0

While ChaCha made people laugh, she also taught many parents a unique way to connect with their children.

Black descendants Caribbean island Dominican Republic preserving history through song

Descendants Of Black Americans In The Dominican Republic Trying To Preserve Their History Through Song

byAmber Alexander
January 12, 2023
0

Activities include passing down church hymns as a way to teach schoolchildren about their rich and unique history.

Next Post
Michael McDaniel prison guards columbus ohio

Nurse And Several Prison Guards Fired After Michael McDaniel Dies In Custody

Larry Elder, slaveholders, enslaved, reparations

Larry Elder Says Slaveholders Should Have Gotten Reparations; Not Their Victims

  • About
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy

© 2021 SNACKABLE MEDIA LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

No Result
View All Result
  • NEWS
  • POLITICS
  • BUSINESS
  • SPORTS
  • LIFESTYLE

© 2021 SNACKABLE MEDIA LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In