Let’s be real: even with the best intentions, AI systems can reflect our own unconscious biases. As Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky famously demonstrated in their groundbreaking work on Prospect Theory, humans are prone to cognitive biases that influence our…
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Shionogi’s Cefiderocol Selected for Pilot-Based Revenue Assurance System
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) has selected Shionogi’s cefiderocol for a pilot project on a revenue assurance system to be rolled out as part of the government’s efforts to combat antimicrobial resistance or AMR. Cefiderocol is a…
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