Thursday, December 29, 2016

Facebook’s ‘Safety Check’ confused firecrackers for a mass bombing — the algorithm’s latest flub

Facebook's 'Safety Check' confused firecrackers for a mass bombing — the algorithm's latest flub

"Are you safe?" Facebook asks — so far posing the question to tens of millions of people in the wake of mass disasters, the tech giant says. They click "I'm safe," and their friends and relatives know they survived the hurricane, or the earthquake or the bombing. And a company that hopes to revolutionize human interaction brings calm […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/12/29/facebooks-safety-check-confused-firecrackers-for-a-mass-bombing-the-algorithms-latest-flub/

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