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Is a racially-biased algorithm delaying health care for one million Black people?
December 17, 2020, by Nature - Issue - nature.com science feeds
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How our data encodes systematic racism
December 11, 2020, by Amy Nordrum
I’ve often been told, “The data does not lie.” However, that has never ...
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Can Data Drive Racial Equity?
December 8, 2020, by Elizabeth J. Kennedy. Elizabeth J. Kennedy is an associate professor of law and social responsibility at The Sellinger School of Business and Management at Loyola University Maryland.
Image courtesy of Jim Frazier/theispot.com The summer of 2020 saw an unprecedented number ...
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U.N. Panel: Digital Technology in Policing Can Reinforce Racial Bias
November 30, 2020, by Nick Cumming-Bruce
The use of artificial intelligence and facial recognition programs may lead communities to ...
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UN decries police use of racial profiling derived from Big Data
November 26, 2020, by Channel NewsAsia
GENEVA: Police and border guards must combat racial profiling and ensure that their ...
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‘Coded Bias’ Review: When the Bots Are Racist
November 12, 2020, by By Devika Girish
This cleareyed documentary explores how machine-learning algorithms can perpetuate society’s existing class-, race- ...
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An Algorithm Blocked Kidney Transplants to Black Patients
October 27, 2020, by Tom Simonite
A formula for assessing the gravity of kidney disease is one of many ...
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Instagram changed its policy on nudity and ‘breast squeezing’ after a plus-size Black model campaigned against double standards on the platform
October 27, 2020, by insider@insider.com (Isobel Asher Hamilton)
Instagram originally removed this image of Nyome Nicholas-Williams. It said on Monday that ...
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How to make a chatbot that isn’t racist or sexist
October 24, 2020, by Will Heaven
Hey, GPT-3: Why are rabbits cute? “How are rabbits cute? Is it their ...
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