Here's the link to Google's Monk Skin Tone (MST) Scale site, linked in the article:
https://skintone.google/the-scale
Well worth a visit if you're interested in AI, Machine Learning, racism in tech or related topics.
[tagging @creatrixtiara @mekkaokereke @timnitGebru to take a look at the StatNews article at https://www.statnews.com/2022/12/05/unbiased-pulse-oximeters-researchers-need-better-way-to-measure-skin-tone/ if they haven't seen it already]

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There are tons of tech implications here - from fixing "smart" cameras, faucets and hand dryers that can't process darker skin effectively and search engines that default to lighter skin subjects in image search results, to outdated FDA guidelines for pulse oximeters that only vaguely state "two 'darkly pigmented' subjects must be included in testing." Great article.
https://www.statnews.com/2022/12/05/unbiased-pulse-oximeters-researchers-need-better-way-to-measure-skin-tone/
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Excellent, detailed article about a new much more inclusive Skin Tone scale developed by Dr. Ellis Monk working with Google to provide "a fuller range of darker skin tones than the cruder tools currently used" to train AI data sets in medical situations, and, more urgently, to fix pulse oximeters that don't work as well on people of color. Very sharp read:
https://www.statnews.com/2022/12/05/unbiased-pulse-oximeters-researchers-need-better-way-to-measure-skin-tone/
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A growing push to fix pulse oximeters' flawed readings in people of color: 'This can be dangerous'

#pulseoximeter #respiratorydisease #healthcare
https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/07/health/pulse-oximeters-inaccuracies/index.html

Dangerously wrong oxygen readings in dark-skinned patients spur FDA scrutiny - Enlarge / A nurse uses a pulse oximeter on a patient in Plainfield, New... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1881985 #bloodoxygenlevels #pulseoximeter #racialbias #science #fda