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AI Weekly: Facebook’s discriminatory ad targeting illustrates the dangers of biased algorithms NATO

AI Weekly: Facebook’s discriminatory ad targeting illustrates the dangers of biased algorithms

This summer has been littered with stories about algorithms gone awry. For one example, a recent study found evidence Facebook’s ad platform may discriminate against certain demographic groups. The team of coauthors from Carnegie Mellon University say the biases exacerbate socioeconomic inequalities, an insight applicable to a broad swath of…
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August 28, 2020
Senator Rand Paul is ‘attacked’ by protesters leaving RNC at the White House NATO

Senator Rand Paul is ‘attacked’ by protesters leaving RNC at the White House

Friends, delegates and distinguished guests, please, I stand before you tonight honored by your support, proud of the extraordinary progress we have made together over the last four incredible years and brimming with confidence in the bright future we will build for America over the next four years.We begin this…
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August 28, 2020
Senators back proposal to end contracts with Chinese firms involved in West Philippine Sea reclamation NATO

Senators back proposal to end contracts with Chinese firms involved in West Philippine Sea reclamation

Senators back proposal to end contracts with Chinese firms involved in West Philippine Sea reclamation Bella Perez-Rubio (Philstar.com) - August 28, 2020 - 5:40pm MANILA, Philippines — Two senators on Friday backed the country's top diplomat after he urged concerned government agencies to terminate contracts with Chinese companies involved in…
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August 28, 2020
Coronavirus live updates: Senators press labs over test delays; WHO says schools aren’t main contributor to spread NATO

Coronavirus live updates: Senators press labs over test delays; WHO says schools aren’t main contributor to spread

The governors of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and California said they will not follow controversial new coronavirus testing guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, even as the agency defended its new stance. The guidance says people without symptoms who have been exposed to someone who tested…
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August 27, 2020
Ellen Pompeo Says ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Made Her Feel Like She Was ‘No Good’ Without Patrick Dempsey NATO

Ellen Pompeo Says ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Made Her Feel Like She Was ‘No Good’ Without Patrick Dempsey

Ellen Pompeo has opened up in the past about how the people who decided salaries on Grey's Anatomy would often use Patrick Dempsey as “leverage” against her. “ ‘We don’t need you; we have Patrick’—which they did for years,” she told the Hollywood Reporter back in 2018. “I don’t know…
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August 25, 2020
Senator Tim Scott says in RNC speech: Family “went from cotton to Congress in one lifetime” NATO

Senator Tim Scott says in RNC speech: Family “went from cotton to Congress in one lifetime”

As the last speaker on the first of the Republican National Convention, Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina painted a picture of American promise under President Trump. "There are millions of families like mine across this nation, full of potential seeking to live the American dream," Scott said. "And I'm…
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August 25, 2020
Tim Scott, GOP’s lone Black senator, ties his personal story to Trump’s re-election NATO

Tim Scott, GOP’s lone Black senator, ties his personal story to Trump’s re-election

The Republican National Convention kicked off Monday morning in Charlotte, North Carolina, where the official convention business took place place, with the vote on the formal nomination of President Donald Trump.On Monday night, viewers heard from a long list of Trump supporters, including former South Carolina governor and ambassador to…
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August 25, 2020