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Study shows pro-western cultural bias in the way AI decisions are explained
Many existing explainable artificial intelligence systems produce explanations that are tailored to individualist, typically western, populations.
19 April 2024
Top scholars honoured at Wits
Vice Chancellor shines a spotlight on first-year scholarship recipients, celebrating academic excellence and the transformative impact of education.
19 April 2024
Africa is full of bats, but their fossils are scarce – why these rare records matter
The scarcity of bat fossils is more than a palaeontological puzzle: it has implications for bat conservation strategies today.
18 April 2024
Witsies With The Edge
Catch up on the latest issue of WitsReview (Volume 51), the magazine for ALUMNI and friends of the University.
Symposium held to honour Professor Boris Balinsky
The much anticipated Balinsky Symposium got underway on Wednesday as commemoration to the life and legacy of world-renowned Wits scientist Boris Balinsky, who died in 1997. Vice Chancellor Zeblon Vilakazi said in his opening address that it was a proud day for the university to honour Balinsky, whom he described as a promising scientist who published his first academic paper as an undergraduate student while at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.
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