Author Virginia Eubanks argues that automated systems that governments across the U.S. use to deliver benefit and welfare programs are often... 'Automating Inequality': Algorithms In Public Services ...

The state of Indiana denied one million applications for health care, food stamps, and cash benefits in three years - because a new computer system interpreted any application mistake as "failure to ...

The task-based approach has become the dominant framework for studying the labor-market effects of artificial intelligence ...

AI can help maximize resources in strapped systems trying to protect vulnerable people – but it can also risk replicating harm or privacy violations. Courtney Hale/E+ via Getty Images Artificial ...

1. With harrowing first-person testimony—including her own, about her experience navigating the U.S. health-insurance system—Virginia Eubanks argues in “Automating Inequality” that America has created ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Aislinn Conrad, University of Iowa (THE CONVERSATION) Artificial intelligence is ...

Artificial intelligence is rapidly being adopted to help prevent abuse and protect vulnerable people – including children in foster care, adults in nursing homes and students in schools. These tools ...