Monday, September 9, 2024
Imagine losing out on your dream job due to bias in AI tools used in the resume screening process or having your health care compromised for the same reason.Those are the disturbing scenarios that Aylin Caliskan, an assistant professor in...
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Wednesday, July 31, 2024
More than 3,000 people die — and another 400,000 are injured — in distracted-driving accidents in the U.S. each year doing such things as fumbling with the navigation system or sending work texts, according to the Centers for Disease...
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Tuesday, August 13, 2024
Instant buyers, also known as iBuyers, rapidly buy and sell homes using automated models to set prices. These companies, such as Opendoor and Offerpad, can turn around cash offers in a matter of hours, and they’ve captured more than 5%...
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Monday, July 22, 2024
Concern that social media is driving the teen mental health crisis has risen to such a pitch that the majority of states in the country have filed lawsuits against Meta (which owns Instagram and Facebook) and the U.S. surgeon general...
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Monday, July 15, 2024
“How far did you say it was again? A couple of blocks, more or less?” Picture us, wandering the streets of Paris, looking for a stone shelf set into a wall, across from the Luxembourg Gardens, 36 rue Vaugirard to be exact,...
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Monday, July 8, 2024
Six faculty members will join or take on new roles in the University of Washington Information School at the start of the 2024-2025 academic year. These scholars will inform undergraduate and graduate education in...
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