There’s a growing consensus among physicians and government regulators that pulse oximeters measure oxygen levels less accurately in patients with darker skin and need to be fixed. There’s another ...

Google has been working with researchers to make its products and services more inclusive for people with darker skin tones. Now, the company is open sourcing a major part of that work. The company is ...

To start, you'll notice the Monk Skin Tone Scale in beauty-related searches, but Google is also building it deeply into its AI infrastructure. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. Google is partnering ...