In February of last year, Niradi Srikanth was about to start another shift as a driver for the ride-sharing service. He took a selfies with his phone at his face. The process was easy to follow. He wasn't able to log in. Srikanth thought it was because he had shaved his head. He was told that his account had been blocked after he tried to log in again. He's not the only one. Almost half of the 150 drivers who responded to the survey had been temporarily or permanently locked out of their accounts because of their selfies.
India has hundreds of thousands of gig economy workers who are at the mercy of facial recognition technology. It can have devastating consequences for workers like Srikanth. The full story is available to read.
The person is Varsha Bansal.
I didn't like the police drone I met in virtual reality.
Police departments across the world are using drones for a wide range of purposes. They don't seem to be trying to find out how encounters with drones affect people.
A team from University College London and the London School of Economics is studying how people react to police drones in virtual reality and whether they feel more or less trusting of the police.
The MIT Technology Review'sMelissa Heikkil felt unnerved by her encounter with a virtual reality police drone. The big question is if the drones are effective for policing in the first place. The full story is available to read. Her weekly newsletter covers artificial intelligence and its effects on society. You will get it in your inbox on Mondays.
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