Lawmakers and advocates decried the lack of oversight of “abuses” associated with biased AI tools. As the AI industry ...

If passed, the reintroduced legislation would hold companies accountable for algorithms that make unfair, life-altering decisions, lawmakers said.

Flipping their gender setting to "male" and even posting photos with fake mustaches, a growing number of women on LinkedIn ...

U.S. REP. YVETTE CLARKE led 43 colleagues in urging the federal government not to impose on states’ ability to enforce AI regulations.

The reintroduction of an anti-algorithmic discrimination bill comes as the advocacy for a decade-long moratorium on ...

Women on LinkedIn are experimenting with male personas, even using fake mustaches, to test alleged algorithmic gender bias.

Our recent paper in Science showed that an algorithm widely used for population health management has significant racial bias. The scale of impact is large, affecting health care decisions for at ...

The prevalence of algorithmic bias is more lamentable than it is surprising considering the dearth of diversity in the computer science field specifically and in STEM professions more broadly. “The ...

Algorithmic bias refers to systematic and repeatable responses in a computer system that create unfair outcomes ...

It’s no secret that algorithms are incredibly problematic, leading to everything from racist policing to sexist hiring. But even for adults who are extremely online, it can be hard to understand what ...

Algorithms have become increasingly pervasive as organizations in both the public and private sectors have sought to automate tasks that once required human intelligence. From facial recognition to ...

Designer Talia Cotton wanted to create an unbiased logo, so she put an algorithm to work. But that raised all kinds of thorny questions about whether design can ever really be neutral. The practical ...