Human Voices Shape Technology
Katrina Macdermid challenges technology leaders to ask a consequential question: are we improving the human experience, or simply making existing processes faster?
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Bias Audits ExclusiveWhat 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.
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Health AISymptom Checkers Still Read Heart Attacks Differently in Women
The same cardiac vignettes, run through popular apps, changing only the patient’s sex.
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Innovation Labs VideoInside the Chicago Lab: Week One of Building in Public
Twenty-two builders, one shared dataset and a whiteboard full of questions about what fair looks like.
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Bias Audits ExclusiveCredit Models and the Thin-File Problem
Women who share household finances often show up with thinner credit files. Lending models notice.
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PolicyA Plain Guide to the State AI Bills Moving This Fall
Which proposals require impact assessments, who enforces them, and where public comment is still open.
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Innovation Labs VideoHackathon Recap: Five Prototypes From the AI Equity Challenge
From a bias-flagging browser extension to a hiring-rubric checker, here is what teams shipped in 48 hours.
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ResearchWhy Voice Assistants Mishear Higher-Pitched Voices
Word error rates are measurably higher for some speakers. The cause starts with who was recorded.
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CareersHow to Move From Data Analyst to ML Engineer in 12 Months
A month-by-month plan from mentors in the network, with the free courses they actually recommend.
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EducationScholarship Applications Open for the Spring Bootcamp
Full and partial scholarships for the 10-week applied AI bootcamp.