Listen "NYC's child welfare agency uses AI to scrutinize marginalized families, recent investigation finds"
Episode Synopsis
The New York City Administration for Children's Services, or ACS, has been using predictive artificial intelligence to flag some families for greater scrutiny, according to a recent investigation by The Markup. Colin Lecher reported the story and tells Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino, like all AI systems, it can encode historical biases.
More episodes of the podcast Marketplace Tech
Have we given up on data privacy?
04/12/2025
What happens when all your coworkers are AI?
03/12/2025
AI's role in improving accessibility
28/11/2025
ZARZA We are Zarza, the prestigious firm behind major projects in information technology.