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  • The human driver

    As the ability to harness the power of artificial intelligence grows, so does the need to consider the difficult decisions and trade-offs humans make about privacy, bias, ethics, and safety.
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    Computer scientists Michael Kearns (right) and Aaron Roth (second from left) are at the forefront of the effort to ensure engineers are building algorithms that reflect society’s values, and to help translate those values into specific instructions for a computer program. Their book, “The Ethical Algorithm,” will be published in November.

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  • OpenAI, DeepSeek, and Google vary widely in identifying hate speech
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    OpenAI, DeepSeek, and Google vary widely in identifying hate speech

    Neil Fasching and Yphtach Lelkes of the Annenberg School for Communication have found dramatic differences in how large language models classify hate speech, with especially large variations for language about certain demographic groups, raising concerns about bias and disproportionate harm.

    Sep 10, 2025