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Algorithms · January 2021Gaffe level: Typo

The Sexist Autocomplete Is

Shown a cropped photo of AOC, an image AI autocompleted her in a bikini 53% of the time, while men got suits. The model learned its manners from the internet's worst corners.

Source: MIT Technology Review

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An AI Read Heart Disease From Face and Tongue Photos

Medicine · September 2026 Kudos level: Bravo

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

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