Source: Yuichiro Chino / Getty The emergence of robots has some computer scientists worried that artificial intelligence is learning how to be racist and sexist. In a new study, a team of researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology found that robots were producing harmful and offensive biases, arriving at sexist and racist conclusions in…
The San Francisco company believes the ban has worked, saying Tuesday that reports of parties at listed properties have dropped 44% from a year ago. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Airbnb is making permanent its ban on parties at homes listed on the site for short-term rentals. The San Francisco company believes the ban has worked,…
The first Black male valedictorian to graduate from his Oakland high school has completed his first year of college. The scholar brings back to his hometown a top GPA from one of the top 10 schools in the country. Oakland native Ahmed Muhammad, the young man who made national headlines after becoming the first African…
State laws “authorize a judge to investigate, subpoena witnesses, and issue arrest warrants” as a one-person grand jury, the court said. “But they do not authorize the judge to issue indictments.” DETROIT (AP) — A judge had no authority to issue indictments in the Flint water scandal, the Michigan Supreme Court said on Tuesday in an extraordinary…
There’s never a dull moment when little Kaavia James Union Wade is in a room. The daughter of award-winning actress Gabrielle Union and former NBA star Dwyane Wade had fans cracking up — as usual — after her parents shared her hilarious reaction to the former Miami Heat player returning home to his family. “Mommy?…
Several migrants make their way to the Temporary Immigrant Center (CETI), after jumping the fence of Melilla, on June 24, 2022, in Melilla, Spain. | Source: Europa Press News / Getty Video footage has emerged on social media to provide graphic images of the widely reported deaths of African migrants who attempted to cross the…
Becoming a leading voice on abortion access could be a better fit for Harris after President Joe Biden tasked her with overseeing other thorny issues. WASHINGTON (AP) — During Brett Kavanaugh’s 2018 Supreme Court confirmation hearings, then-California Sen. Kamala Harris asked the judge if he thought women’s privacy rights extended to choosing to have an…
It’s been only a few days since Mario and Omarion “Verzuz” (with the pre-show done by Ray J, Bobby Valentino, Sammie, and Pleasure P), brought in over 5 million views over seven platforms. Still, people are talking about how R&B took over the night and unearthing a conversation about the battle competition that seemed to…
Chef Max Hardy won a $1,000 prize, a trophy he could display in one of his two successful Detroit restaurants — and bragging rights. Sunday was a delicious day of culinary competition in Detroit’s historic Eastern Market for the 2022 Detroit Burger Battle, and it ended with celebrity chef Maxcel Hardy winning with his Caribbean burger…
The fallout from overturning Roe V. Wade could add to the uncertainty in midterm political races because abortion is also an economic issue for many people. The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade’s constitutional protections for abortion rights set off a contest between Democrats and Republicans going into the midterm elections over whose policies would do more…
