Artificial intelligence is used in a host of algorithms in medicine, banking and other major industries. But as it has proliferated, studies have shown that AI can be biased against people of color.
A new bill would require AI developers to evaluate privacy risks, assess the potential for discriminatory decisions and the state’s Department of Technology would need to approve the software before its use in the public sector.
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Programmers, Lawmakers Want AI to Eliminate Bias, Not Promote It
Community activist Ashton P. Woods checks his phone in a Houston neighborhood. A Dallas-area entrepreneur has developed a housing assistance app that he hopes will use artificial intelligence to connect renters and help them avoid discriminatory practices. Artificial intelligence can provide racially biased results, but some states are considering legislation to address the problem.
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The Associated Press
DALLAS When software engineer Bejoy Narayana was developing Bob.ai, an application to help automate Dallas-Fort Worth’s Section 8 voucher program, he stopped and asked himself, ‘‘Could this system be used to help some people more than others?”
Jack Ciattarelli won New Jersey s Republican primary for governor, but the majority of GOP voters did not cast their ballots for him. There are still some votes to be counted, but Ciattarelli received 49% of the votes. Opponents Phil Rizzo, Hirsh Singh and Brian Levine split the rest.
The disparity underscores how deeply divided the Republican party is both nationally and in New Jersey when it comes to former President Donald Trump.
Ciattarelli was branded a never Trumper by Trump loyalist Hirsh Singh during the New Jersey 101.5 GOP debate. Singh, Rizzo and Levine all tried to closely align themselves with the former president with each trying to claim they were the most closely allied with Trump. Trump never endorsed a candidate, and a spokesman branded claims he did endorse Singh fake news.
Raises for state employees in new budget? Only for select law enforcement and correctional officers
A state employee union leader and a disability rights activist lambaste the budget as miserly, especially to care attendants who help elderly Texans.
Practically the only state workers who will receive pay bumps in the newly passed Texas state budget are several thousand law enforcement officers and some prison guards – just a fraction of the more than 200,000 Texans whose jobs depend on the budget.(Bob Daemmrich / Bob Daemmrich/CapitolPressPhoto)
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AUSTIN When the newly passed state budget takes effect in September, practically the only state workers who will receive pay bumps are several thousand law enforcement officers and some prison guards just a fraction of the more than 200,000 Texans whose jobs depend on the budget.