A new investigation is shedding light on how an artificial intelligence tool may be discriminating against parents with disabilities. The U.S. Justice Department is now getting involved. It’s looking into how the child welfare system in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, uses AI to predict which children could be at risk of harm.
Here & Now‘s Deepa Fernandes speaks with Garance Burke, a global investigative journalist at the Associated Press who worked on the story.
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