President Donald Trump on Wednesday unveiled a sweeping new plan for America’s “global dominance” in artificial intelligence, proposing to cut back environmental regulations to speed up the construction of AI supercomputers while promoting the sale of US-made AI technologies at home and abroad. The “AI Action Plan” embraces many of the ideas voiced by tech…
Ben Stokes of England talks with umpire Paul Reiffel on Day 1 of the 3rd England vs India Test at Lord’s Cricket Ground. (Getty Images) India cricketers R Ashwin and Anil Kumble has raised concerns about umpire Paul Reiffel‘s decision-making during the Lord’s Test between England and India, suggesting potential bias in his decisions against…
Workers prepare to hoist the tail section wreckage of Air India Flight 171, which crashed on June 12, in Ahmedabad. (NYT News Service) NEW DELHI: The Airline Pilots’ Association of India (ALPA) on Saturday raised concerns over the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau’s (AAIB) preliminary report on the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad, saying the…
Washington, June 17 (IANS) A federal judge in US city of Boston ruled that the Trump’s administration’s decision to terminate funding for diversity-related research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) was illegal, accusing the administration of discriminating against minority groups. A dramatic federal courtroom scene has reignited a national reckoning over science, equity, and…
Amit Shah praise for CM Yogi Adityanath on hiring record 60,000 constables ‘sans bias’ LUCKNOW: India’s largest-ever police recruitment drive in UP to hire 60,244 constables, 12,048 of them women, goes beyond staggering numbers to restore public faith in the transparency of the selection process, establish inclusivity, and build on the state’s transition from a…
File Pic: Punjab Kings co-owner Preity Zinta with Glenn Maxwell NEW DELHI: Bollywood actor and Punjab Kings co-owner Preity Zinta schooled a fan on social media for an inappropriate and sexist question during a fun chat session on X. The incident sparked a larger conversation on the gender bias women face in corporate and sports…
Harvard University President Alan Garber apologised following the release of internal reports of antisemitic and anti-Muslim prejudice on the campus of the Ivy League institution. This internal report on prejudice at Harvard’s campus has testimony from students who discussed feeling “alienated” and “pressured”, according to the BBC. The students said they felt pressured by their…
Tech companies that previously scaled back their workplace diversity programmes now confront fresh scrutiny regarding DEI implementation in their AI products.The focus in Washington has shifted, with concerns over “woke AI” now taking center stage instead of algorithmic discrimination. Last month, the House Judiciary Committee issued subpoenas to Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, and 10…
NEW DELHI: Kerala chief secretary Sarada Muraleedharan on Wednesday wrote an open letter calling out discrimination based on colour, gender and unfair comparisons with her predecessor and husband’s tenure.“I heard an interesting comment yesterday on my stewardship as Chief Secretary – that it is as black as my husband’s was white. I need to own…
The Supreme Court seemed likely Wednesday to side with an Ohio woman who claims she suffered sex discrimination from her employer because she is straight. The outcome of the case could remove an additional requirement that some courts apply when members of a majority group, including those who are white and heterosexual, sue for discrimination…