Bias isn't always bad — here's how it can protect you from making dangerous AI-driven decisions

Human bias, when shaped by values and informed by experience, can be a form of wisdom that protects us from making poor ...
MedCity News

Spotting and rooting out bias in AI algorithms for healthcare

Algorithms are becoming more entrenched in our lives, a consequence of the growing stores of data and the push to make greater use of them. While that’s happening everywhere, in health care, the ...
IT Business Edge

AI Suffers from Bias—But It Doesn’t Have To

Nijeer Parks was accused of shoplifting and attempting to hit an officer with his car—despite the fact that he was 30 miles away when the crime took place. So far, he’s the third Black man to have ...
The National Law Review

Unpacking Averages: Understanding the Potential for Bias in a Sepsis Prediction Algorithm, a Case Study

The most popular data are vital signs, which include such things as blood pressure, heart rate, respiration rate, temperature, oxygen saturation and so forth. Often these data are fed into the EHR ...
Health Affairs

Mitigating Racial And Ethnic Bias And Advancing Health Equity In Clinical Algorithms: A Scoping Review

In August 2022 the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking prohibiting covered entities, which include health care providers and health plans, from ...
WBUR

Can AI eliminate unconscious bias in advertising?

For years, advertising algorithms have had a problem with built-in unconscious bias. But now, tech corporation IBM says it has a solution: an artificial intelligence program that highlights and ...