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AI chatbots use racist stereotypes even after anti-racism training

Large language models still demonstrate racial prejudice against speakers of African American English, despite the safety guard rails implemented by tech companies such as OpenAI

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Using bigger AI training data sets may produce more racist results

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Using bigger AI training data sets may produce more racist results

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Divided review: Why we must eliminate racism from Western healthcare

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NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 17: A statue of J. Marion Sims, a surgeon celebrated by many as the father of modern gynecology, is driven away in a Parks Department truck after being taken down from its pedestal at Central Park and East 103rd Street on April 17, 2018 in New York City. A New York City panel decided to move the controversial statue after groups demanded its removal as many of Sims medical breakthroughs came from experimenting on black slaves without anesthesia. The statue will be relocated in Green-Wood Cemetery in Windsor Terrace, where Sims is buried. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Activists protest solitary confinement in New York

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One in 10 US Black men put in solitary confinement before turning 32

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Medicine must stop using race and ethnicity to interpret test results

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Medicine must stop using race and ethnicity to interpret test results

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Not to be used for advertising or in a defamatory context MODEL RELEASED. Kidney dialysis patient monitoring herself while in hospital undergoing dialysis for a kidney disorder. The tube (cannula) in her arm is taking blood to and from a dialysis machine. Kidney dialysis (haemodialysis) is used for those with reduced or failing kidney function. A machine is used to remove waste and excess water from the blood, a function normally served by the kidneys. Photographed in the UK.

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Kidney test adjustment based on ethnicity cut from UK medical guidance

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How medical tests have built-in discrimination against Black people

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How medical tests have built-in discrimination against Black people

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We need to overhaul the language of genetics to root out racism

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We need to overhaul the language of genetics to root out racism

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Together scientists can back Black Lives Matter and boost race justice

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Together scientists can back Black Lives Matter and boost race justice

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Systemic racism: What research reveals about the extent of its impact

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Systemic racism: What research reveals about the extent of its impact

We spoke to five researchers working to demonstrate the various ways that racial discrimination is embedded in the structures and procedures that underpin US society

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The way we collect covid-19 data perpetuates racism in healthcare

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The way we collect covid-19 data perpetuates racism in healthcare

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Insights into the neural roots of bias suggest ways to fix the problem

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Insights into the neural roots of bias suggest ways to fix the problem

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We all have hidden prejudices – here’s how to override them

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We all have hidden prejudices – here’s how to override them

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Lasana Harris interview: How your brain is conditioned for prejudice

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Lasana Harris interview: How your brain is conditioned for prejudice

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