Washington, DC, is the home base of the most powerful government on earth. It’s also home to 690,000 people—and 29 obscure algorithms that shape their lives. City agencies use automation to screen ...
The New York City Council last week passed the Algorithmic Accountability Bill, which mandates “the creation of a task force that provides recommendations on how information on agency automated ...
On a recent episode of the improv podcast Spontaneanation with Paul F. Tompkins, comedian Tawny Newsome aired some grievances about her time at Second City in Chicago. She said that up until at least ...
Algorithmic decision-making is becoming the new norm in New York. City agencies use computerized algorithms to make important decisions about New Yorkers’ daily lives, from school assignments to ...
A controversial policing tactic in Pittsburgh has been discontinued following concerns that it might help perpetuate systemic inequalities by increasing police presence in neighborhoods that are ...