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Rising to the challenge of bias in health care AI

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AI-based models may amplify pre-existing human bias within datasets; addressing this problem will require a fundamental realignment of the culture of software development.

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Cho, M.K. Rising to the challenge of bias in health care AI. Nat Med 27, 2079–2081 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-021-01577-2

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