Data editor Helena Bengtsson once asked the national statistics agency to cross-match a teachers database with another featuring court convictions. The findings led to a change in Swedish law.

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Billions suffer from funding shortfalls for development. While we feed a system that allows the spending of hundreds of billions annually to build AI infrastructure.

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The Bo Duhe Acadiana Criminalistics Lab has opened in Iberia Parish, providing advanced DNA technology to law enforcement across eight Acadiana parishes, replacing an older, smaller lab prone to ...

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Research has been able to associate a higher adherence to a healthy plant-based diet with a lower risk of and cardiovascular diseases ...

The system that investigates deaths in custody is fragmented, under resourced, and in need of comprehensive reform. A new ...

While some researchers note the models made tasks more efficient, many scientists remain skeptical about using A.I. to author ...

“The latest results show that PSA screening in this trial prevented 22 prostate cancer deaths per 10,000 men screened, compared to 14 deaths in the previous analysis. It also shows that the harms of ...

Big Tech companies use secrecy agreements with local governments to keep communities from knowing who is building in their ...

The ability to uncover hidden truths, anticipate threats and validate assumptions is what separates reactive organizations ...