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March 31, 2023 at 7:39 am

How a little-known agency holds power over TikTok’s future

Under pressure from the U.S. government, TikTok is now facing the music with the possibility of a nationwide ban if it defies a government order...

Business

March 14, 2023 at 9:13 pm

Not magic: Opaque AI tool may flag parents with disabilities VIEW

As part of a yearlong investigation, The Associated Press obtained the data points underpinning several algorithms deployed by child welfare agencies to understand how they...

Nation & World

March 14, 2023 at 9:13 pm

Here’s how an AI tool may flag parents with disabilities VIEW

As part of a yearlong investigation, The Associated Press obtained the data points underpinning several algorithms deployed by child welfare agencies to understand how they...

Business

January 31, 2023 at 5:16 am

Child welfare algorithm faces Justice Department scrutiny VIEW

The Justice Department has been scrutinizing a controversial artificial intelligence tool used by a Pittsburgh-area child protective services agency following concerns that the tool could...

Business

January 19, 2023 at 5:02 am

AP Top 25 Movies, ranking 2022’s best: What made the cut?

With hundreds of new movies released each year, many of us depend on the expertise of film critics to help curate our own watching.

Business

September 24, 2022 at 9:06 pm

Flashes of bold UN talk on feminism, masculinity, patriarchy VIEW

Few men in power have delved deeply into gender equality on the main stage of the United Nations this month.

September 22, 2022 at 12:16 pm

Millennials, assembled: At UN, younger leaders rise

Millennial leaders are rising at the United Nations General Assembly.

September 12, 2022 at 7:25 pm

Sheryl Lee Ralph, 66, 1st-time nominee, wins Emmy award

Veteran actor Sheryl Lee Ralph, an ageless stalwart of the industry who won an Emmy as a first-time nominee at the age of 66, relished...

Entertainment

July 16, 2022 at 7:16 am

2 kids among 6 dead in Montana highway pileup, 8 others hurt VIEW

Two children are among the six people who died Friday evening in a massive crash after a Montana dust storm caused blackout conditions on Interstate...

Nico’Lee Biddle, a former foster care kid turned therapist, social worker and policy advocate, talks about the use of data-driven algorithms outside one of the county’s Children, Youth and Families offices in North Versailles, Pa., on Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. “This shows when you have technology designed by humans, the bias is going to show up in the algorithms,” says Biddle, who has worked for nearly a decade in child welfare, including as a family therapist and foster care placement specialist in Allegheny County. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) NY483 NY483

April 29, 2022 at 9:08 pm

An algorithm that screens for child neglect raises concerns VIEW

Child welfare officials in Pennsylvania are using an algorithm to support agency workers as they make decisions meant to protect children from neglect.