Big Tech focuses more on engineered fixes rather than how AI exacerbate biases
The most prestigious machine learning conference, NeurIPS, has had at least two Big Tech companies as primary sponsors since 2015, according to the same 2020 study that analysed the influence of Big Tech money in universities. “When considering workshops relating to ethics or fairness, all but one has...
Beware of serious health risks posed by arsenic poisoning in water, food
Arsenic’s potent effect on humans has been known since at least the Roman Empire. For centuries, it was a popular poison for murderers because it can’t be seen, smelled or tasted in food or water. That made it difficult to detect. As chemical detection methods improved, its use as a...
