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EducationPolicy

Major Universities Reject White House Funding Compact Over Merit Concerns

The University of Virginia has become the fifth prestigious institution to decline a White House proposal offering preferential funding treatment in exchange for policy commitments. University leadership expressed concerns that the arrangement would undermine merit-based research assessment and create an illegal two-tiered funding system.

Growing Academic Resistance to Federal Funding Proposal

The University of Virginia has joined a growing list of prestigious institutions rejecting a White House proposal that would offer preferential funding treatment to universities agreeing to specific policy requirements, according to reports. The decision marks the fifth such rejection in recent days, signaling significant resistance within higher education to what some administrators describe as a fundamental threat to merit-based research funding.

by Harlow Wesley
AIEthics

Study Reveals Widespread Inability to Detect Racial Bias in AI Training Data

Researchers found that artificial intelligence systems can develop racial bias when trained on unrepresentative data, but most users fail to recognize these imbalances. The study reveals that people typically only notice bias when AI systems demonstrate skewed performance in classifying emotions across different racial groups.

AI Systems Learn Racial Bias Through Training Data

According to a recent study published in Media Psychology, most users cannot identify racial bias in artificial intelligence training data, even when it’s clearly presented to them. The research indicates that AI systems can develop skewed perceptions, such as classifying white people as happier than individuals from other racial backgrounds, due to imbalanced training datasets.

by Harlow Wesley