Algorithms · September 2021Gaffe level: Blunder
Facebook's 'Primates' Label Is
Facebook's AI asked people watching a video of Black men if they wanted to keep seeing videos about primates. The company apologized for the unacceptable error and killed the recommendation feature.
Source: Engadget
An AI Read Heart Disease From Face and Tongue Photos
Researchers in China fused tongue and facial photographs through a dual-branch deep learning model and screened for coronary heart disease without a single blood test, reaching an AUC of 0.9992 on an independent test set. Published in Scientific Reports, it points to a low-cost, non-invasive screening tool that needs only a camera.
Source: Scientific Reports