Twitter is scrapping its image cropping algorithm after confirming the feedback raised by several users on the platform that the tool is biased against black people and women. The “saliency algorithm, ...

Many commercial image cropping models utilize saliency maps (also known as gaze estimation) to identify the most critical areas within an image. In this study, researchers developed innovative ...

Last October, Twitter promised to re-evaluate its image cropping algorithm after users complained that it was biased. On Wednesday, the company released the results of that study. When people first ...

Twitter is phasing out its image cropping algorithm in favor of showing larger previews, and the company has announced that it’s been looking into accusations that the system was biased. It found that ...

Twitter is notoriously bad at cropping images. The platform’s in-stream images are cropped wide using complex algorithms, leading to some unfortunate situations where the subject of an image is left ...

Twitter's image-cropping algorithm came under fire for racism over the weekend because of an apparent bias against Black faces. The algorithm is part of the website's attempt to automatically ...