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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Otsuka Holdings announced its consolidated settlement of accounts for the fiscal year ended March 2012 on May 11. Sales of the antipsychotic agent Abilify (aripiprazole) showed solid growth, breaking the 400 billion yen mark a year ahead of schedule. In…
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