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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CMIC Chairman Sorry for Alleged Clinical Data Tampering; Probe Report Due out Late November
Kazuo Nakamura, chairman and CEO of CMIC Holdings, offered apologies on November 14 over suspected data falsification in a clinical trial supported by its subsidiary Site Support Institute (SSI), revealing that the company will issue an investigative report by the…
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