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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LDP Tax Panel Execs Eye Slight Cut of R&D Tax Deduction Cap
Executive members of the Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) tax panel are considering slightly lowering the current deduction ceiling of a special R&D tax credit system for the next fiscal year. The core component of the system is temporarily capped at…
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