Algorithm

• Researchers warn of bias as Montreal health network to use AI to reduce ER wait times

  One of the city's two main hospital networks is testing an AI algorithm intended to help administrators plan emergency room staffing and accelerate the admission of patients.

  Canada

  Dec 30, 2022
  
• Why an algorithm screening for child neglect is raising concerns

  Critics say it gives a program powered by data mostly collected about poor people an outsized role in deciding the fates of some families.

  World

  Apr 29, 2022
  
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• Lawson study aims to strengthen algorithm to better track homelessness

  The project aims to clear up some of the fog left by data on homelessness that primarily relies on information collected through Canada's health-care system.

  Canada

  May 19, 2021
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• New York regulator says it will probe possible bias in Apple Card credit limits after viral tweets

  A spokeswoman for the New York Department of Financial Services confirmed Saturday that the agency will investigate.

  Money

  Nov 9, 2019
• Amazon ditches AI recruiting tool that didn’t like women

  Amazon has scrapped an AI-driven hiring tool meant to help it identify the best resumes, after specialists noticed the machine favoured men over women.

  World

  Oct 10, 2018
• Google gives $1M grant to Press Association to develop robot journalists

  The Reporters and Data and Robots (RADAR) initiative will involve setting up a news service that will automatically churn out tens of thousands of stories a month.

  Consumer

  Jul 6, 2017
• This computer algorithm can tell if you are drunk tweeting

  Researchers at the University of Rochester have designed a computer algorithm that can recognize drunk tweets.

  Tech

  Mar 17, 2016