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A-level results: why algorithms get things so wrong – and what we can do to fix them

Communications & Technology

Having your future determined based on someone else’s past has enormous implications. The kind of social data that is involved in these critical life decisions…

It seems one can question the algorithms: NZ drafts charter for data ethics in the public sector

By Stephen Easton

Communications & Technology

New Zealand's government has published a draft "algorithm charter for government agencies" that promises citizens fairness, transparency and accountability around how the government uses data…

Centrelink returns fire after latest robodebt claims: 'there is no questioning' the algorithm

By Stephen Easton

Federal

The Department of Human Services is defending the robodebt system once again, this time from damning claims made by anonymous contractors who say they worked…

Youth justice: academics argue against algorithms and actuarial assessments

By Stephen Easton

News

Two academics want NSW police to open up about their efforts to prevent future crime using an opaque predictive algorithm.

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A-level results: why algorithms get things so wrong – and what we can do to fix them

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It seems one can question the algorithms: NZ drafts charter for data ethics in the public sector

Centrelink returns fire after latest robodebt claims: 'there is no questioning' the algorithm

Youth justice: academics argue against algorithms and actuarial assessments