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Explained: How AI Can Fight Sex And Gender Bias In Healthcare
From assisting doctors with diagnoses to suggesting advanced treatments, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming health and medicine.
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ChatGPT First-Person Bias and Stereotypes Tested in a New OpenAI Study
ChatGPT, like other artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots, has the potential to introduce biases and harmful stereotypes when generating content. For the most part, companies have focused on eliminating third-person biases where information about others is sought. However, in a new study published by OpenAI, the company tested its AI models’ firs...
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Woman's Post "Men Will Rape Because..." Sparks Debate On Social Media
Ashima Gulati, shared the encounter on LinkedIn that quickly went viral, igniting conversations around gender bias, professional attire, and societal expectations.
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8% Women Candidates Contested First 2 Phases Of Lok Sabha Polls
Women constituted only eight per cent of the total 2,823 candidates in the first two phases of the Lok Sabha elections, with political activists saying it reflects a deeper issue of gender bias and that talk of women's empowerment rings hollow.
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"Shameful Gender Bias": Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Slams 'Pink Tax'
The pink tax isn't an actual a government tax; it refers to discriminatory pricing that inflates the cost of goods marketed to women.
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AI Tools By OpenAI, Meta Show Sexist Stereotypes, Says UNESCO
The world's most popular AI tools are powered by programs from OpenAI and Meta that show prejudice against women, according to a study launched on Thursday by the UN's cultural organisation UNESCO.
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Army Nurse Was Fired Over Marriage, She Will Now Get Rs 60 Lakh In Damages
Terminating a woman's employment on the grounds of marriage was "coarse case of gender discrimination" and any law based on a gender bias is "constitutionally impermissible", the Supreme Court has said
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No Gender Bias At ISRO, Only Talent Matters: Woman Behind Aditya L1 Mission
Nigar Shaji is a scientist at the UR Rao Satellite Centre, part of ISRO, in Bengaluru and is the project director for India's first space-based solar observatory.
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Blake Lively's Latest Message About Beyonce And Taylor Swift Is Pure Friendship Goals, Breaking The Age-Old Female Rivalry Stereotype
The Gossip Girl actress empowered all women on Saturday by sharing a post that highlighted her pure bond with pop sensations Beyonce and Taylor Swift.
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What Delhi High Court Said On Petition Alleging Gender Bias In Air Force Recruitment
The Delhi High Court has closed the proceedings in a PIL alleging gender bias and discrimination in the Indian Air Force (IAF) against women who were not employed as 'airmen' in the technical and non-technical grades in any of its departments.
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Goldman Sachs To Pay $215 Million To Settle Sexual Harassment Suit
Goldman Sachs has said it will pay $215 million to settle a long-running lawsuit against the investment bank, accused by current and former employees of gender bias and sexual harassment.
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Twitter Accused Of Gender Bias, Lawsuit Claims Layoffs Targeted Women
Twitter Inc has been hit with another lawsuit stemming from the recent purging of half its workforce, this one accusing the social media company of disproportionately targeting female employees for layoffs.
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'Avoid Indian-Origin Candidates': Infosys Faces "Culture Of Bias" Suit In US
Infosys, the Bengaluru-based IT giant, is facing a bias suit in a US court after a former executive, in a complaint last year, accused the company of discrimination in its hiring process, based on age, gender and nationality.
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Search Algorithms Responsible for Exhibiting and Amplifying Gender Bias, Study Says
Algorithms used in search engines are capable of exhibiting and amplifying gender bias, according to a new study. The research, conducted using a VPN-based internet search methodology, covered algorithms used by modern AI systems that can produce discriminatory outputs, presumably because they are trained on data in which societal biases are ingrai...
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Gender Bias In Hindu Inheritance Law? Supreme Court Seeks Centre's View
A petition alleging "sections of the Hindu Succession Act are unconstitutional and violate gender equality" was on Tuesday heard by the Supreme Court.
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Explained: How AI Can Fight Sex And Gender Bias In Healthcare
From assisting doctors with diagnoses to suggesting advanced treatments, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming health and medicine.
-
ChatGPT First-Person Bias and Stereotypes Tested in a New OpenAI Study
ChatGPT, like other artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots, has the potential to introduce biases and harmful stereotypes when generating content. For the most part, companies have focused on eliminating third-person biases where information about others is sought. However, in a new study published by OpenAI, the company tested its AI models’ firs...
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Woman's Post "Men Will Rape Because..." Sparks Debate On Social Media
Ashima Gulati, shared the encounter on LinkedIn that quickly went viral, igniting conversations around gender bias, professional attire, and societal expectations.
-
8% Women Candidates Contested First 2 Phases Of Lok Sabha Polls
Women constituted only eight per cent of the total 2,823 candidates in the first two phases of the Lok Sabha elections, with political activists saying it reflects a deeper issue of gender bias and that talk of women's empowerment rings hollow.
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"Shameful Gender Bias": Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Slams 'Pink Tax'
The pink tax isn't an actual a government tax; it refers to discriminatory pricing that inflates the cost of goods marketed to women.
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AI Tools By OpenAI, Meta Show Sexist Stereotypes, Says UNESCO
The world's most popular AI tools are powered by programs from OpenAI and Meta that show prejudice against women, according to a study launched on Thursday by the UN's cultural organisation UNESCO.
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Army Nurse Was Fired Over Marriage, She Will Now Get Rs 60 Lakh In Damages
Terminating a woman's employment on the grounds of marriage was "coarse case of gender discrimination" and any law based on a gender bias is "constitutionally impermissible", the Supreme Court has said
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No Gender Bias At ISRO, Only Talent Matters: Woman Behind Aditya L1 Mission
Nigar Shaji is a scientist at the UR Rao Satellite Centre, part of ISRO, in Bengaluru and is the project director for India's first space-based solar observatory.
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Blake Lively's Latest Message About Beyonce And Taylor Swift Is Pure Friendship Goals, Breaking The Age-Old Female Rivalry Stereotype
The Gossip Girl actress empowered all women on Saturday by sharing a post that highlighted her pure bond with pop sensations Beyonce and Taylor Swift.
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What Delhi High Court Said On Petition Alleging Gender Bias In Air Force Recruitment
The Delhi High Court has closed the proceedings in a PIL alleging gender bias and discrimination in the Indian Air Force (IAF) against women who were not employed as 'airmen' in the technical and non-technical grades in any of its departments.
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Goldman Sachs To Pay $215 Million To Settle Sexual Harassment Suit
Goldman Sachs has said it will pay $215 million to settle a long-running lawsuit against the investment bank, accused by current and former employees of gender bias and sexual harassment.
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Twitter Accused Of Gender Bias, Lawsuit Claims Layoffs Targeted Women
Twitter Inc has been hit with another lawsuit stemming from the recent purging of half its workforce, this one accusing the social media company of disproportionately targeting female employees for layoffs.
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'Avoid Indian-Origin Candidates': Infosys Faces "Culture Of Bias" Suit In US
Infosys, the Bengaluru-based IT giant, is facing a bias suit in a US court after a former executive, in a complaint last year, accused the company of discrimination in its hiring process, based on age, gender and nationality.
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Search Algorithms Responsible for Exhibiting and Amplifying Gender Bias, Study Says
Algorithms used in search engines are capable of exhibiting and amplifying gender bias, according to a new study. The research, conducted using a VPN-based internet search methodology, covered algorithms used by modern AI systems that can produce discriminatory outputs, presumably because they are trained on data in which societal biases are ingrai...
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Gender Bias In Hindu Inheritance Law? Supreme Court Seeks Centre's View
A petition alleging "sections of the Hindu Succession Act are unconstitutional and violate gender equality" was on Tuesday heard by the Supreme Court.
