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How a major AI conference is attempting to tackle its culture problem

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How a major AI conference is attempting to tackle its culture problem

How a major AI conference is attempting to tackle its culture problem The run up to one of the biggest artificial-intelligence (AI) conferences of 2018, held in early December in Montreal, Canada, was marred by controversy. After last year’s event, some people criticized the culture of the conference and other machine-learning meetings held in previous years; reports emerged of harassment, discrimination and an unwelcoming environment for women. The members of the board of trustees and advisory board that oversee the Neural Information Processing Systems conference, previously known as NIPS, took several actions to try to improve the culture of the event....

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