Phys.org

Algorithms were supposed to reduce bias in criminal justice, but do they?

Algorithms were supposed to remake the American justice system. Championed as dispassionate, computer-driven calculations about risk, crime, and recidivism, their deployment in everything from ...
Medical Xpress

Including race in clinical algorithms can both reduce and increase health inequities, study shows

Health practitioners are increasingly concerned that because race is a social construct, and the biological mechanisms of how race affects clinical outcomes are often unknown, including race in ...
The Conversation

Including race in clinical algorithms can both reduce and increase health inequities – it depends on what doctors use them for

Health practitioners are increasingly concerned that because race is a social construct, and the biological mechanisms of how race affects clinical outcomes are often unknown, including race in ...
techtimes

Researchers Develop ‘Fairness’ Algorithms to Reduce AI Bias, Ensure Privacy

Bias in algorithms have always been a key issue in the growing field of artificial intelligence. For instance, researchers found in an experiment that flawed AI in robots has the tendency to make ...
Nature

Influencing recommendation algorithms to reduce the spread of unreliable news by encouraging humans to fact-check articles, in a field experiment

Society often relies on social algorithms that adapt to human behavior. Yet scientists struggle to generalize the combined behavior of mutually-adapting humans and algorithms. This scientific ...