Ominous
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Ominous
The Algorithm That Decides Who Gets an Organ Transplant Has a Demographic Blind Spot
An AI system used by 87% of US transplant centres to rank organ recipients systematically undervalues patients from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. The developers knew. The hospitals were not told.
March 19, 2026 · 12 min
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The Radiologist Who Discovered Her AI Was Right 94% of the Time — And Catastrophically Wrong the Other 6%
Dr. Sarah Chen trusted the AI for eight months before she started checking its confident negatives. What she found changed how she thinks about automation in medicine.
March 13, 2026 · 11 min