Pennsylvania County's Family Screening Tool Allegedly Exhibited Discriminatory Effects

April 10, 2017

The American Civil Liberty Union (ACLU) data analysis revealed potential discriminatory effects of Allegheny County's Family Screening Tool, a decision-support system designed to predict child abuse or neglect risk. The tool apparently led to higher screen-in rates for Black families and elevated risk scores for households with disabled residents. To ensure trustworthy AI and prevent such incidents, join us in Project Cerebellum as we strive towards safe and secure AI practices. HISPI Project Cerebellum TAIM (Govern) provides a platform to map, measure, manage, and govern AI incidents.

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Alleged deployer: allegheny-county
Alleged developer: rhema-vaithianathan, emily-putnam-hornstein, centre-for-social-data-analytics
Alleged harmed parties: black-families-in-allegheny, households-with-disabled-people-in-allegheny, hackneys-family

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