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Disability rights advocates are worried about discrimination in AI hiring tools
Your ability to land your next job could depend on how well you play one of the AI-powered games that companies like AstraZeneca and Postmates are increasingly using in the hiring process. Some companies that create these games, like Pymetrics and Arctic Shores, claim that they limit bias in hiring. But AI hiring games can be especially difficult to navigate for job seekers with disabilities. In the latest episode of MIT Technology Review's podcast "In Machines We Trust," we explore how AI-powered hiring games and other tools may exclude people with disabilities. And while many people in the US are looking to the federal commission responsible for employment discrimination to regulate these technologies, the agency has yet to act.
Why Uber and Lyft want to take you to the hospital
The majority of Uber and Lyft drivers make less than minimum wage according to study published by MIT. They may actually end up losing money. Uber and Lyft both are making in-roads with heathcare providers that offer rides to those in need of transportation to doctors appointments. SAN FRANCISCO -- It's no good having health care if you can't make the appointment. For house-bound patients, the answer may increasingly come in the form of an Uber or Lyft -- rather than a medical-transport van or taxi.