Computer Sciences
Today, machine learning helps determine the loan we qualify for, the job we get, and even who goes to jail. But when it comes to these potentially life-altering decisions, can computers make a fair call? In a study published ...
Sep 29, 2022
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Machine learning & AI
In an effort to improve fairness or reduce backlogs, machine-learning models are sometimes designed to mimic human decision making, such as deciding whether social media posts violate toxic content policies.
May 10, 2023
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Computer Sciences
A machine can only "do whatever we know how to order it to perform," wrote the 19th-century computing pioneer Ada Lovelace. This reassuring statement was made in relation to Charles Babbage's description of the first mechanical ...
May 12, 2023
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Computer Sciences
In 2020, as a result of COVID-19 restrictions on students sitting exams in person, the United Kingdom's school exam regulator, Ofqual, used an algorithm to determine their final year grades.
Nov 24, 2021
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Computer Sciences
Future generations of self-driving cars should learn the language of cyclists to help them safely share the roads with bikes, new research suggests.
Apr 24, 2023
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Machine learning & AI
Physicians making life-and-death decisions about organ transplants, cancer treatments or heart surgeries typically don't give much thought to how artificial intelligence might help them. And that's how researchers at Carnegie ...
May 8, 2019
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Business
Artificial intelligence is dominating headlines—enabling new innovations that drive business performance—yet the negative implications for society are an afterthought.
Feb 20, 2023
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Robotics
The only constant is change. Presumptions harden as truth but then there is occasion to throw presumptions off the table and start again. That's the deal with information technology using AI for business and with robots unleashed ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Last week, reports emerged that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are using an artificial intelligence (AI) system called Habsora (Hebrew for "The Gospel") to select targets in the war on Hamas in Gaza. The system has reportedly ...
Dec 8, 2023
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Machine learning & AI
Algorithms are becoming commonplace. They can determine employment prospects, financial security and more. The use of algorithms can be controversial—for example, robodebt, as the Australian government's flawed online welfare ...
Nov 22, 2021
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