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UnitedHealthcare accused of relying on AI algorithms to deny Medicare Advantage claims

The manhunt for the gunman who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is underway, and police believe the CEO was the target. Democrats on a Senate subcommittee are accusing UnitedHealthcare Group of denying claims to a growing number of patients in an effort to use artificial intelligence to automate processes. Democrats on the U.S. Senate Permanent […]

Princeton and USC Researchers Find Racial Bias in Meta’s Ad Algorithms

A recent study by researchers at Princeton University and the University of Southern California suggests that Meta’s algorithms for displaying educational ads show signs of racial bias, particularly in delivering ads associated with for-profit colleges and universities with a history of predatory marketing practices. Registry Reports The research paper, titled “Auditing Racial Discrimination in the […]

American radiologists hesitant to embrace AI algorithms

How good an algorithm do you need to take over your job? This is a new question for many workers amid the rise of ChatGPT and other AI programs that can talk, write stories, and even generate songs and images within seconds. But for doctors who examine scans to detect cancer and other diseases, more […]

AI and algorithms used to analyze the aging process of whiskies from Scotland

Over two years, Diageo used AI and algorithms to analyze different Scotch whiskies. Alcoholic drinks company Diageo has invested $230 million in a portfolio of whiskey tourism projects. More than $44 million of this lump sum went toward his exploration of aging whiskey using a technology called SmokeDNAi. The team used SmokeDNAi to test and […]

Social media algorithms ‘amplifying misogynistic content’ | Social media

Algorithms used by social media platforms are rapidly amplifying extreme misogynistic content, spreading it from teenagers’ screens to school playgrounds and normalizing it, according to a new report. That’s what it means. Researchers found that the level of misogynistic content suggested by TikTok quadrupled over a five-day monitoring period, as the algorithm served more extreme […]