A Blot on the Profession

Discrimination in medicine against women and members of ethnic minorities has long been suspected, but it has now been proved. St George's Hospital Medical School has been found guilty by the Commission for Racial E…

As AI spreads, this will become an increasingly important and controversial issue:

For one British university, what began as a time-saving exercise ended in disgrace when a computer model set up to streamline its admissions process exposed …

Professor Margaret Boden, an AI and cognitive science researcher, took the time to speak to me in 2010 about computers, AI, morality and the future. One of the stories she told me comes back to me every now and then, most recently by Micros…

Companies and governments need to pay attention to the unconscious and institutional biases that seep into their algorithms, argues cybersecurity expert Megan Garcia. Distorted data can skew results in web searches, home loan decisions, or …