Pittsburgh Task Force on Public Algorithms In the Media

Op-Eds

• Countering Automation without Representation | David Hickton for The Hill

Selected Media

• After Backlash, Predictive Policing Adapts to a Changed World | The Wall Street Journal
• Can a Computer Program Save More Children from Abuse and Neglect? | York Daily Record
• Facial Recognition Use Spiked After the Capitol Riot. Privacy Advocates are Leery | Public Source
• Nation's Leading Cybersecurity Expert David Hickton on Election Safety and Equity in Algorithms | We Can Be Podcast | The Heinz Endowments
• Emails Show Allegheny County District Attorney's Office Used Trial of Controversial Facial Recognition Software Technology Clearview | PublicSource
• Peduto: ‘Historic Moment Much Larger Than Police Reform | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• Pittsburgh Halts Predictive Policing Over Bias Concerns | Crime and Justice News
• Pittsburgh Suspends Predictive Policing Program that Used Algorithms to Predict Crime Hot Spots | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• Amid Protests, IBM Stops Selling Facial Recognition Software | Government Technology
• States' Automated Systems Are Trapping Citizens in Bureaucratic Nightmares With Their Lives on the Line | TIME
• Can Algorithms be Fair? Pitt Group Discusses Potential Bias in Local Government | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• Residents Raise Concerns About Bias In County's Automated Decision-Making Tools | WESA
• Public Algorithms Task Force Hosts March 10 Meeting | @Pitt
• Pitt Creates Task Force to Eliminate Bias in Municipal Algorithms | The New Pittsburgh Courier
• Pittsburgh Task Force Created to Combat Algorithmic Bias | Smart Cities Dive
• Pitt Cyber Launches Task Force to Prevent Bias | News Radio 1020 KDKA
• Pitt Cyber Launches Task Force to Prevent Bias in County’s Decision-Making Tools | University of Pittsburgh
• Pitt Think Tank to Review Ethics of Algorithms in Local Governments | StateScoop
• Pittsburgh Task Force Examines Local Gov Algorithms for Bias | Government Technology
• Pitt Cyber Institute Starts Task Force to Study Big Data Tools Used by City, County | TribLive
• New Task Force to Address Bias in Allegheny County's Automatic Decision-Making Tools | WESA
• Pitt Task Force Will Examine Algorithms Used in Local Government for Possible Bias | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Events

• Algorithmic (In) Justice feat. Pitt Cyber Policy Director, Chris Deluzio | Pitt Science Policy Group and Black Action Society
• November Community Meeting | Homewood Collaborative
• Equity and Justice in Government Algorithms Workshop | University of Pittsburgh Diversity Forum 
• September Community Happenings Meeting | Lawrenceville United
• What Black Pittsburgh Needs to Know | 1Hood Media