They analyzed the health data from 6,079 black patients and 43,539 white patients and realized that the algorithm was doing exactly what it had been asked to do.

After an international group of scientists revealed the first photos of a black hole on Wednesday, the internet quickly turned its attention to the 29-year-old computer scientist who played a key ...

The researchers are working with the makers of this algorithm to reprogram it in a way that doesn’t make biased assumptions; so far they have been able to reduce the bias by, they say, 84%.

From predicting who will be a repeat offender to who’s the best candidate for a job, computer algorithms are now making complex decisions in lieu of humans. But increasingly, many of these algorithms ...

Black people in the US may be missing out on healthcare because a widely used algorithm is racially biased. The proportion of black people referred for extra care would more than double if the ...

Katherine Bouman had a secret: An algorithm she’d developed had stitched together a picture of a black hole. She told nobody except her colleagues. Until today. That’s when Event Horizon ...

Using a computer algorithm, the Murder Accountability Project has been able to identify 51 strikingly similar cases, starting in 2001, involving women whose bodies were found in some of the ...

While flawed algorithms have impacted our lives as students, for others, the consequences can be more severe — maybe even a matter of life and death. Consider the field of criminal justice.

The first-ever image of a black hole was released Wednesday. (Courtesy: Event Horizon Telescope collaboration et al.) This article is more than 6 years old. Three years ago, Katie Bouman was an ...

Lee’s claims are substantiated by accounts such as TikTok influencer Ziggi Tyler’s. The Black creator recently demonstrated how Tiktok’s algorithm flags keywords and phrases that affirm ...