Algorithms were supposed to make our lives easier and fairer: help us find the best job applicants, help judges impartially assess the risks of bail and bond decisions, and ensure that health care is ...

Artificial intelligence and algorithms can perpetuate unintentional, biased housing decisions. Human Rights Commission hosts event to examine.

Modern recruiting is marked by an “algorithmic monoculture” in which only a small number of vendors supply applicant ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Facial recognition software misidentifies Black women more than other people. JLco - Ana Suanes/iStock via Getty Images In 1998, I ...

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.

Predictive algorithms commonly used by colleges and universities to determine whether students will be successful may be racially biased against Black and Hispanic students, according to new research ...

Across the country, algorithms are shaping decisions about who gets hired, who advances, and who is filtered out, often before a hiring manager ever takes a closer look. What began as an efficiency ...

Bias can create risks in AI systems used for cloud security. There are steps humans can take to mitigate this hidden threat, but first, it's helpful to understand what types of bias exist and where ...

Algorithms govern most aspects of our lives with secret, biased methods. A data scientist turned activist gives us tips to uncover these biases and demand accountability.

After evidence surfaced in 2018 that leading face-analysis algorithms were less accurate for people with darker skin, companies including Google and Meta adopted measures of skin tone to test the ...

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 ...