In October, Amazon had to discontinue an artificial intelligence–powered recruiting tool after it discovered the system was biased against female applicants. In 2016, a ProPublica investigation ...

Algorithms aren’t acting maliciously. They’re doing what they were built to do. That’s why algorithmic bias in marketing is ...

David G. Robinson, author of the new book “Voices in the Code,” says input from nonexperts can help create more ethical algorithms. Deciding who receives an organ donation is a morally fraught process ...

For Labor Day, we’re revisiting a conversation on if, and how, an algorithm can be ethical. Algorithms have evolved into powerful engines of financial technology. But they don’t always live up to the ...

While artificial intelligence is the trend du jour across enterprises of all types, there’s still scant attention being paid to its ethical ramifications. Perhaps it’s time for people to step up and ...

Forbes reported a survey of educators found that more than half believed artificial intelligence would change teaching for the better. They cited such benefits as students learning to understand AI ...

Overview: This introduction is designed to start off each of our modules, or a larger project that combines modules, by familiarizing students with ethics, algorithms, AI, and machine learning. These ...

A recent study in the journal Science found that an algorithm widely used in hospitals was disproportionately assigning African American patients the same amount of health risk as white patients even ...