Amazon's AI tool, for example, was trained on resumes from a male-dominated industry, which led to gender bias. 2. Flawed data sampling. Flawed data sampling occurs when the dataset used to train an ...

Algorithms have become increasingly pervasive as organizations in both the public and private sectors have sought to automate tasks that once required human intelligence. From facial recognition to ...

Phillips & Associates reports AI algorithms are reshaping hiring practices, raising concerns over bias and legal ...

In August 2022 the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking prohibiting covered entities, which include health care providers and health plans, from ...

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 ...

Bias in AI systems is proving to be a major stumbling block in efforts to more broadly integrate the technology into our society. A new initiative that will reward researchers for finding any ...

If you are looking to pursue a career in computer science, you may have wondered what, if any, discussion exists around ethics in this field. The good news is that computer science ethics is an ...

Designer Talia Cotton wanted to create an unbiased logo, so she put an algorithm to work. But that raised all kinds of thorny questions about whether design can ever really be neutral. The practical ...