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Machine Bias: Risk Assessments in Criminal Sentencing
The investigation that exposed COMPAS for labeling Black defendants high-risk at nearly twice the rate of white defendants.
Dissecting Racial Bias in an Algorithm Used to Manage Health
Landmark study showing a widely deployed health-care algorithm systematically under-referred Black patients for care.
Removing Race from Estimates of Kidney Function
Why the medical community moved to race-free eGFR equations after decades of harm.
Wrongfully Accused by an Algorithm
The first publicly known case of a Black man wrongfully arrested due to facial-recognition error.
Amazon Scraps Secret AI Recruiting Tool That Showed Bias Against Women
How a flagship AI hiring tool taught itself to penalize applicants — a cautionary tale for every ATS.
How Flock Cameras Spread Across America
Automated license-plate readers blanket neighborhoods with little oversight.
Gender Shades
Joy Buolamwini's study showing commercial facial analysis systems fail darkest-skinned women up to 34% of the time.
Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights
Five principles for the design, use, and deployment of automated systems.
EEOC Guidance on AI and Title VII
Federal guidance making clear: employers are liable when their AI tools discriminate.