{"id":16805,"date":"2024-12-06T09:42:37","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T08:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/06\/revealed-bias-found-in-ai-system-used-to-detect-uk-benefits-fraud\/"},"modified":"2024-12-06T09:42:37","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T08:42:37","slug":"revealed-bias-found-in-ai-system-used-to-detect-uk-benefits-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/06\/revealed-bias-found-in-ai-system-used-to-detect-uk-benefits-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"Revealed: bias found in AI system used to detect UK benefits fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"

Exclusive: Age, disability, marital status and nationality influence decisions to investigate claims, prompting fears of \u2018hurt first, fix later\u2019 approach<\/p>\n

An artificial intelligence system used by the UK government to detect welfare fraud is showing bias according to people\u2019s age, disability, marital status and nationality, the Guardian can reveal.<\/p>\n

An internal assessment of a machine-learning programme used to vet thousands of claims for universal credit payments across England<\/a> found it incorrectly selected people from some groups more than others when recommending whom to investigate for possible fraud.<\/p>\n

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\nExclusive: Age, disability, marital status and nationality influence decisions to investigate claims, prompting fears of \u2018hurt first, fix later\u2019 approach
\nAn artificial intelligence system used by the UK government to detect welfare fraud is showing bias according to people\u2019s age, disability, marital status and nationality, the Guardian can reveal.
\nAn internal assessment of a machine-learning programme used to vet thousands of claims for universal credit payments across England found it incorrectly selected people from some groups more than others when recommending whom to investigate for possible fraud. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Exclusive: Age, disability, marital status and nationality influence decisions to investigate claims, prompting fears of \u2018hurt first, fix later\u2019 approach An artificial intelligence system used by the UK government to detect welfare fraud is showing bias according to people\u2019s age, disability, marital status and nationality, the Guardian can reveal. An internal assessment of a machine-learning …<\/p>\n

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