To combat algorithmic bias in healthcare, including race and ethnicity is critical, a new study says. Algorithms are used to make healthcare decisions, and can often be more accurate than a clinical ...

Algorithms are a staple of modern life. People rely on algorithmic recommendations to wade through deep catalogs and find the best movies, routes, information, products, people and investments.

In recent years, employers have tried a variety of technological fixes to combat algorithm bias — the tendency of hiring and recruiting algorithms to screen out job applicants by race or gender. They ...

New research shows that people recognize more of their biases in algorithms' decisions than they do in their own -- even when those decisions are the same. Algorithms were supposed to make our lives ...

The Department of Health and Human Services will research algorithm bias as part of the Biden administration’s efforts to prioritize equitable health outcomes nationally, FedScoop reported April 13.

Irina Raicu is the director of the Internet Ethics program (@IEthics) at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Views are her own. The following is a lightly edited version of comments made as part ...

An algorithm ranks the reputation of peer reviewers on the basis of how many citations the studies they have reviewed attracted. The tool, outlined in a study published in February 1, could help to ...

YouTube has two billion active monthly users and uploads 500 hours of content every minute. Twenty five percent of U.S. adults get their news from YouTube, and 60% of regular users “use the platform ...