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The Color of Data
Dyeing fabric might seem like the farthest thing from data journalism, but one artist used it to try to quantify pollution in her community
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Stitching Your Own Safety Net
Black kids in Wisconsin are supporting each other in ways the state hoped an algorithm would
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In AI We (Don’t) Trust
Chatbots like ChatGPT are trained to mimic patterns they find in how the internet speaks. What does this mean for what we trust online?
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Copyright Showdown: AI’s Next Frontier
A conversation with Katherine Forrest
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The Secret Water Footprint of AI Technology
A conversation with Shaolei Ren
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Who's Afraid of Disparate Impact?
The answer could be crucial in the FCC’s attempt to combat “digital discrimination”
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It Takes a Small Miracle to Learn Basic Facts About Government Algorithms
Rotterdam officials sent reporters key information by accident. Most municipalities are not so forthcoming
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Beyond “Grey’s Anatomy”: What We Learned About UNOS
A new system of liver sharing hurt some states with poorer, medically struggling residents. Persistence was the key to uncovering it
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Special Database 18
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has maintained a dataset of mugshot photos of 1,573 people for decades, including 175 minors, until we asked about them
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A Racially Biased Scoring System Helps Pick Who Receives Housing in L.A.
And it’s probably happening in your community too
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