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AI & SOCIETY
Published in: AI & SOCIETY 2/2024

27-08-2022 | Curmudgeon Corner

The misdirected approach of open source algorithms

Author: Joshua L. M. Brand

Published in: AI & SOCIETY | Issue 2/2024

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It was only a short while ago that Elon Musk announced his US$ 44 billion purchase of Twitter. While Musk recently cancelled the deal, this significant purchase, which would have taken Twitter private, nevertheless, raised serious ethical considerations by promising to unlock “tremendous potential” while citing free speech, authentication of users, and removing spam bots. One of the most interesting promises, however, was the goal to increase the public’s trust in Twitter by making its algorithms open source.1 But is this really the way to (re)build the public’s trust in the company? To answer this, let’s first look at what open source algorithms entail. …
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Title
The misdirected approach of open source algorithms
Author
Joshua L. M. Brand
Publication date
27-08-2022
Publisher
Springer London
Published in
AI & SOCIETY / Issue 2/2024
Print ISSN: 0951-5666
Electronic ISSN: 1435-5655
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-022-01547-3

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