AI-Human Partnerships Tackle “Fake News”

Facebook, Google, and smaller tech companies are now using machine learning to flag misinformation—but automated systems aren’t reliable enough on their own Photo-illustration: iStockphoto During the 2016 U.S. presidential election, inaccurate and misleading articles burned through social networks. Since then, tech companies—from behemoths like Facebook and Google to scrappy startups—have built…

Doctors Say British Military's Electronic Health Record System Places Service Personnel at Risk

Problems are negligible, says Ministry of DefenceBritish Armed Forces doctors are frustrated and concerned over the operational failings of the £80 million decade-old Defence Medical Information Capability Programme (DMICP) electronic health record system  as well as the Ministry of Defence’s new £900 million MoDNet network. First reported (subscription) by The Times of London, and then…