Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An increasing number of health care decisions rely on information from algorithms. Tom Werner/Digital Vision via Getty Images ...

Bias in algorithms have always been a key issue in the growing field of artificial intelligence. For instance, researchers found in an experiment that flawed AI in robots has the tendency to make ...

A recent paper on algorithm development provided some guidance for how to reduce the bias inherent in AI algorithms as well as the harm those biases can have on underprivileged groups. "A ...

MUSC Children's Health hematologists/oncologists Dr. Michelle Hudspeth (left) and Dr. Shayla Bergmann (right) conducted a study of a new algorithm to standardize the ...

Social media algorithms train your brain by reinforcing and radicalizing what you like and love. Credit: MASHABLE COMPOSITE: ISTOCK / JOLYGON / GETTY PLUS Mashable's series Algorithms explores the ...

Facebook is taking steps to reduce the reach of sensationalist and provocative content. In other words, Facebook’s news feed algorithm will be demoting what’s commonly referred to as clickbait. This ...

Anirban Basu received funding support from a consortium of ten biomedical companies to the University of Washington through an unrestricted gift. Health practitioners are increasingly concerned that ...