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AI and the List of Dirty, Naughty, Obscene, and Otherwise Bad Words
Comedian George Carlin had a list of Seven Words You Can’t Say on TV. Parts of the internet have a…
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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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This AI Could Go From ‘Art’ to Steering a Self-Driving Car
You’ve probably never wondered what a knight made of spaghetti would look like, but here’s the answer anyway—courtesy of a…
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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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This Chinese Lab Is Aiming for Big AI Breakthroughs
BAAI opened a year later, in Zhongguancun, a neighborhood of Beijing designed to replicate US innovation hubs such as Boston…
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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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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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Chatroulette Is On the Rise Again—With Help From AI
A decade ago, Chatroulette was an internet supernova, exploding in popularity before collapsing beneath a torrent of male nudity that…
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A Clever Strategy to Distribute Covid Aid—With Satellite Data
When the novel coronavirus reached Togo in March, its leaders, like those of many countries, responded with stay-at-home orders to…
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