In clinical handoffs, biased language can hinder empathy and negatively affect clinicians’ ability to recall patient health information, according to a study published Dec. 17 in JAMA. To examine the ...

A new study shows that when clinicians hear a patient described with negatively biased language, they develop less empathy towards the patient and, in some cases, become less accurate in recalling the ...

A Massachusetts high school already embroiled in a scandal involving its hockey team is now suspending all wrestling team activities after a fight sparked another investigation. Families in the ...

The controversy around AI researcher Timnit Gebru’s exit from Google, and what biased language models may mean for the search industry. Last year, Google announced BERT, calling it the largest change ...

Taxonomy matters. We know this intuitively, but in practice, our words can be divisive when we unintentionally use racially charged terms. The Black Lives Matter movement has led to an examination of ...

Biased language in job adverts can mean the difference between a female candidate applying for or passing up on the opportunity, according to Openreach. Research by the telecoms firm into the language ...

The phenomenon that "positive words are stronger than negative words" influences "Polyanna effectIt is known as. this isElena · Hogman · PorterAlthough it is a psychological phenomenon attached from ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court should step in on behalf of voters and order a rewrite of ballot language for a fall redistricting measure that “may be the most biased, inaccurate, ...

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A new study shows that artificial intelligence chatbots with political biases can sway the opinions and decisions of users who interact with them. This effect occurred regardless of a person’s own ...

When doctors and nurses pass patient information from one shift to another — an exchange known as a “handoff” — the specific words they use behind closed doors matter more than they might realize. A ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Supreme Court should step in on behalf of voters and order a rewrite of ballot language for a fall redistricting measure that “may be the most biased, inaccurate, deceptive, ...