Scientist Timnit Gebru has set up an AI research group one year after getting fired from Google, but she and others are fighting an uphill battle.
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One thing there’s no shortage of is stuff to worry about. But we can’t let it paralyze us.
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Americans need an honest narrative of their own racial history, but one that all can embrace. Amending the story of the founding document is a great place to start.
The latest variant gives governments and public-health officials a chance to take stock of vaccines and evaluate the virus’s evolution.
On top of an intensifying cold war between the U.S. and China and other seismic changes, the rapid spread of Covid-19’s newest variant could finish off our most recent phase of global integration.
Molnupiravir has drawbacks, but new antivirals can give vulnerable people a much better chance of avoiding serious illness, especially with omicron lurking.
Regulators are getting much tougher on acquisitions of smaller firms, which means investors shouldn’t get their hopes up about future M&A.
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