A pandemic is raging with devastating consequences, and long-standing problems with racial bias and political polarization are coming to a head. Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to help us deal with these challenges. However, AI’s risks have become increasingly apparent. Scholarship has illustrated cases of AI opacity and lack of explainability, design choices that…...
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On May 31, Tyler Weakley and her boyfriend, Corbin Smith, were headed to dinner in downtown Louisville when they stopped by the fourth night of what would become months of citywide protests over the death of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman killed by police. They had watched the peaceful protest for 15 minutes, they…...
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The Ontario Provincial Police released some shocking numbers on the number of illegal cannabis plants they say they seized over the past few months.Since the beginning of July, police say that across Ontario they have seized over 122,000 illegal cannabis plants worth $143 million in 52 large-scale operations.Some 195 arrests have also been made in…...
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A pandemic is raging with devastating consequences, and long-standing problems with racial bias and political polarization are coming to a head. Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to help us deal with these challenges. However, AI’s risks have become increasingly apparent. Scholarship has illustrated cases of AI opacity and lack of explainability, design choices that…...
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At the end of September, Kavita Arora, a psychiatrist, and Ankita Khanna, a psychologist, who have been in a relationship and lived together for eight years, approached a marriage officer in Kalkaji to formalise their bond under the Special Marriage Act, 1954. Their request was turned down. Earlier this month, they filed a petition in…...
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The scam was bigger than anyone knew.A sentencing memo filed in federal court by the Department of Justice reveals for the first time the full extent of fake spy Garrison Courtney’s stunning ruse: In addition to the $4.4 million he personally extracted from his victims over the course of more than four years, he was…...
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In the first six months of this year, a total of $117 million was reported lost from online scams. A majority of the reported scams are taking place on Facebook and Instagram, FTC data shows.Oct. 21, 2020...
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