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Twitter is looking into allegations that its algorithm which chooses a preview image for a large photo is racially biased. Tests of the algorithm done by users on the social media site over the weekend led to several examples of a preference for white faces from the automated system. Hundreds of thousands of retweets grabbed … Read more
An algorithm makes self-driving cars ‘accident-proof’ as long as other human drivers on the road act responsibly, scientists claim. German researchers developed the algorithm with data collected from vehicles in the real-world and tested it in computer simulations. Assuming that other traffic drivers follow the rules of the road, the algorithm can take into account … Read more
Algorithm created for US tax system gets UK’s £31bn ‘tax gap’ all wrong UK uses software developed by Internal Revenue Service to calculate tax gap Revenue & Customs is now working on major changes to the calculation By Dan Atkinson For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:17 BST, 5 September 2020 | Updated: 22:17 BST, … Read more
The chairman of Ofqual today claimed Gavin Williamson was urged not to cancel exams and the A-level results debacle had ‘rapidly’ got out of control under the leadership of the Education Secretary. Roger Taylor told the Education Select Committee that earlier this year the regulator had made clear to Mr Williamson that it believed the … Read more
Gavin Williamson was warned of major flaws in exam grading algorithm two weeks before A-levels fiasco but was told by Ofqaul that problems could be fixed with appeal By Henry Martin For Mailonline Published: 08:29 BST, 2 September 2020 | Updated: 09:00 BST, 2 September 2020 Gavin WIlliamson was warned of major flaws in the … Read more
AI algorithm discovers FIFTY new exoplanets orbiting far-off stars by analyzing NASA data – with some larger than Neptune Scientists developed a machine learning algorithm to find exoplanets The system scoured through thousands of candidates and validated 50 planets This is the first time artificial intelligence has validated exoplanets The team says the new planets … Read more
Watchdog Ofqual knew its algorithm was ‘doomed’ as far back as June but pressed ahead anyway, it has been claimed. An adviser who helped it develop the software said there was ‘always an understanding there would be winners and losers’. Ofqual has always said its system was as ‘fair as possible’ – despite so many … Read more
Facebook has been accused of ‘actively promoting’ Holocaust denial on its platform, in a new report by a British think-tank. Researchers from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, which works to counter extremism, found that people who had ‘liked’ Holocaust denial content on Facebook were directed to more of the same by the site’s algorithm. The … Read more
Eton College’s headmaster is leading calls from some of the top private schools in the country to scrap the controversial A-level algorithm that decided A-level results. Simon Henderson said that several of pupils had seen their teacher-assessed grades downgraded by the standardising process, sometimes by more than one grade, ‘and in a way which on … Read more
Some Ofqual board members want to get rid of their own controversial A-level algorithm after almost 40 per cent of grades were downgraded by the system. Critics have complained the algorithm used by Ofqual penalised pupils in schools in more disadvantaged areas, while benefiting those in private schools. Some board members now believe the algorithm … Read more