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These Doctors Are Using AI to Screen for Breast Cancer
When Covid came to Massachusetts, it forced Constance Lehman to change how Massachusetts General Hospital screens women for breast cancer.…
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New Algorithms Could Reduce Racial Disparities in Health Care
Researchers trying to improve healthcare with artificial intelligence usually subject their algorithms to a form of machine med school. Software…
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AI-Powered Text From This Program Could Fool the Government
In October 2019, Idaho proposed changing its Medicaid program. The state needed approval from the federal government, which solicited public…
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An Algorithm Is Helping a Community Detect Lead Pipes
More than six years after residents of Flint, Michigan, suffered widespread lead poisoning from their drinking water, hundreds of millions…
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Job Screening Service Halts Facial Analysis of Applicants
Job hunters may now need to impress not just prospective bosses but artificial intelligence algorithms too—as employers screen candidates by…
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New York City Proposes Regulating Algorithms Used in Hiring
In 1964, the Civil Rights Act barred the humans who made hiring decisions from discriminating on the basis of sex…
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