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A UK controversy about school leavers’ marks shows algorithms can get things wrong. To ensure algorithms are as fair as possible, how they work and the trade-offs involved must be made clear.
A civil rights group is suing Facebook for its failure to stop the spread of anti-Muslim hate speech on the platform.
Updated: May 20, 2021 15:49 IST The social network introduced a new way to display standard aspect ratio photos in both Android and iOS devices in March last year. Share Article AAA The company launched an initiative in April to analyse how algorithms behave on its platform by consulting with engineers, researchers and data scientists. | Photo Credit: AFP The social network introduced a new way to display standard aspect ratio photos in both Android and iOS devices in March last year. (Subscribe to our Today's Cache newsletter for a quick snapshot of top 5 tech stories. Click here to subsc...
Search engines are one of society’s primary gateways to information and people, but they are also conduits for misinformation. Similar to problematic social media algorithms, search engines learn to serve you what you and others have clicked on before. Because people are drawn to the sensational, this dance between algorithms and human nature can foster the spread of misinformation. Search engine companies, like most online services, make money not only by selling ads, but also by tracking users and selling their data through real-time bidding on it. People are often led to misinformation b...
To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On January 12, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released the Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML)-Based Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) Action Plan (Action Plan). The Action Plan expresses that the “FDA’s vision is that, with appropriately tailored total product lifecycle-based regulatory oversight, AI/ML-based Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) will deliver safe and effective software functionality that improves the quality of care that patients receive.” The FDA currently regulates and has a...