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Report on Algorithmic Risk Assessment Tools in the U.S. Criminal Justice System

“This report was written by the staff of the Partnership on AI (PAI) and many of our Partner organizations, with particularly extensive input from the members of PAI’s Fairness, Transparency, and Accountability Working Group. Our work on this topic was … Continue reading

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Goodman on Algorithmic Change & the Boston Public Schools

Ellen P. Goodman (Rutgers Law School) has posted Algorithmic Change and Political Failure: Boston Public Schools Case Study on SSRN.  Here is the abstract: Boston Public Schools tried to implement comprehensive change to school start times and bus schedules using a … Continue reading

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Swedloff on Regulating Algorithmic Insurance

Rick Swedloff (Rutgers Law School) has posted Regulating Algorithmic Insurance on SSRN.  Here is the abstract: This article addresses emerging gaps in consumer protection. As is true in other industries, insurers are revolutionizing their practices with artificial intelligence and big data. … Continue reading

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Artificial Intelligence, Algorithmic Pricing and Collusion

Emilio Calvano, University of Bologna – Department of Economics; University of Toulouse 1 – Department of Economics; CSEF – Center for Studies in Economics and Finance, Giacomo Calzolari, European University Institute – Economics Department (ECO); Centre for Economic Policy Research… … Continue reading

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Smart Algorithmic Change Requires a Collaborative Political Process

After the Boston public school system decided in 2017 to redesign the city’s school bus schedule using algorithms, it held an open transportation challenge inviting computer scientists to develop the new system. The “Quantum Team” from the Massachusetts Institute of … Continue reading

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