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Bias Audits

What Our First Resume-Screening Audit Found About Career Gaps

Candidates with a caregiving gap were ranked lower by three of five tools in the demo test, even with identical skills listed.

October 13, 2026

Bias Audits

Credit Models and the Thin-File Problem

Women who share household finances often show up with thinner credit files. Lending models notice.

October 7, 2026

Bias Audits

Image Generators Still Picture a CEO the Same Way

Four image models, 500 prompts each, for common job titles. We counted.

September 29, 2026

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Speech-to-Text at Work: Who Gets Transcribed Correctly?

Meeting tools, accents and the quiet cost of being misheard.

September 22, 2026

Research

Why Voice Assistants Mishear Higher-Pitched Voices

Word error rates are measurably higher for some speakers. The cause starts with who was recorded.

October 3, 2026

Editor’s picks

Bias Audits Exclusive

What Our First Resume-Screening Audit Found About Career Gaps

iqbalmbadhan · October 13, 2026 · 2 min read

Candidates with a caregiving gap were ranked lower by three of five tools in the demo test, even with identical skills listed.

Policy

A Plain Guide to the State AI Bills Moving This Fall

iqbalmbadhan · October 6, 2026 · 2 min read

Which proposals require impact assessments, who enforces them, and where public comment is still open.

Careers

How to Move From Data Analyst to ML Engineer in 12 Months

iqbalmbadhan · October 2, 2026 · 2 min read

A month-by-month plan from mentors in the network, with the free courses they actually recommend.

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Community

Volunteer Spotlight: The Mentors Behind the Mentors

iqbalmbadhan · September 25, 2026 · 2 min read

Meet the volunteers who review code, run office hours and answer late-night questions.

Education

Prompting Basics for People Who Don’t Code

iqbalmbadhan · September 23, 2026 · 2 min read

A short, practical guide to getting useful answers from AI tools at work.

Careers

Your First AI Portfolio Project, Step by Step

iqbalmbadhan · September 21, 2026 · 2 min read

Pick a real dataset, document every choice, and show your reasoning.

Bias Audits Exclusive

What Our First Resume-Screening Audit Found About Career Gaps

iqbalmbadhan · October 13, 2026 · 2 min read

Candidates with a caregiving gap were ranked lower by three of five tools in the demo test, even with identical skills listed.

Health AI

Symptom Checkers Still Read Heart Attacks Differently in Women

iqbalmbadhan · October 12, 2026 · 2 min read

The same cardiac vignettes, run through popular apps, changing only the patient’s sex.

Leaders to Learn From

Human Voices Shape Technology

iqbalmbadhan · October 11, 2026 · 2 min read

Katrina Macdermid brings a vital leadership perspective to the AI era: human experience must shape the services people depend on.

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Research

Speech-to-Text at Work: Who Gets Transcribed Correctly?

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