Facebook's AI Algorithms Accused of Generating Terror Content

wiredmikey shares a report from SecurityWeek: Facebook is unwittingly auto-generating content for terror-linked groups that its artificial intelligence systems do not recognize as extremist, according to a complaint made public on Thursday. Researchers at the National Whistleblowers Center found that the Islamic State group and al-Qaeda were 'openly' active on the social network and that Facebook was automatically creating 'celebration' and 'memories' videos for extremist pages that had amassed sufficient views or 'likes.' The Whistleblower's Center said it filed a complaint with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on behalf of a source that preferred to remain anonymous.

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