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Our recent paper in Science showed that an algorithm widely used for population health management has significant racial bias. The scale of impact is large, affecting health care decisions for at ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has the promise to revolutionize healthcare with machine learning (ML) techniques to predict patient outcomes and personalize patient care, but use of AI carries legal ...

Lawmakers want to make sure the algorithms companies use to target ads, recruit employees and make other decisions aren’t inherently biased against certain people. Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Cory ...

Twitter machine learning engineer Kyra Yee and user researcher Irene Font Peradejordi noted that the bias bounty challenge that took place in August was partially spurred by complaints from Twitter ...

Just because an algorithm's decisions aren't intentionally racist doesn't mean it isn't racially biased in practice. Credit: bob al-greene / mashable The first look a Twitter user gets at a tweet ...

At TC Sessions: Justice on March 3, we’re going to dive head-first into data discrimination, algorithmic bias and how to ensure a more just future, as technology companies rely more on automated ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — After retreating from their workplace diversity, equity and inclusion programs, tech companies could now face a second reckoning over their DEI work in AI products. In the White ...

Algorithmic bias is a thorny topic with lots of examples of bad practice to point to. But what's the long-term solution to a problem that needs to be tacked if AI's potential is to be realized? The ...

Last year, you published a paper documenting how an algorithm used by health-care organizations generated racially biased results. What takeaways did that offer in terms of how algorithmic bias ...

Twitter has announced its first algorithmic bias bounty challenge, offering cash prices ranging from $500 to $3,500 for those who can help the social media giant identify a range of issues. Rumman ...