On Feb 14, 2019
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RT @_KarenHao: Here it is: @AINowInstitute's report finds that police department across the US are training crime-prediction algorithms on biased and falsified data. This only serves to ingrain corrupt and unlawful policing practices under the guise of objectivity. https://t.co/QLQHXXUScG
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Police across the US are training crime-predicting AIs on falsified data

A new report shows how supposedly objective systems can perpetuate corrupt policing practices.

On Feb 14, 2019
@PrivacyMatters shared
RT @_KarenHao: Here it is: @AINowInstitute's report finds that police department across the US are training crime-prediction algorithms on biased and falsified data. This only serves to ingrain corrupt and unlawful policing practices under the guise of objectivity. https://t.co/QLQHXXUScG
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Police across the US are training crime-predicting AIs on falsified data

A new report shows how supposedly objective systems can perpetuate corrupt policing practices.

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