Politics Jun 17 How deepfake tech is a high risk, high reward tool for local political campaigns AI deepfakes that misrepresent candidates often can do more damage in those races because campaigns have fewer staffers and less money to combat them, and because they typically draw less scrutiny.
Politics Feb 27 Chatbot info on U.S. elections is inaccurate, misleading and could keep voters from polls, report finds Fifteen states and one territory will hold both Democratic and Republican presidential nominating contests next week on Super Tuesday, and millions of people already are turning to artificial intelligence-powered chatbots for basic information.
Nation Jan 31 AP report: DOJ examining AI screening tool used by Pa. child welfare agency Several civil rights complaints were filed in the fall about the Allegheny Family Screening Tool, which is used to help social workers decide which families to investigate, AP has learned.
Politics Sep 01 How an obscure cellphone tracking tool provides police ‘mass surveillance on a budget’ Local law enforcement agencies from suburban Southern California to rural North Carolina have been using an obscure cellphone tracking tool, at times without search warrants, that empowers them to follow people's movements months back in time.
Nation Jun 02 Oregon dropping AI tool used to help decide child abuse cases Child welfare officials in Oregon will stop using an algorithm to help decide which families are investigated by social workers, opting instead for a new process that officials say will make better, more racially equitable decisions.
Nation Apr 29 How an algorithm that screens for child neglect could harden racial disparities Child welfare officials in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, the cradle of Mister Rogers’ TV neighborhood, are using an algorithm to support agency workers as they make decisions meant to protect children from neglect.
Nation May 11 Migrant children held in mass shelters with little oversight The Biden administration is holding tens of thousands of asylum-seeking children in an opaque network of some 200 facilities.
Politics Nov 17 How this financially troubled startup helped power Trump campaign communications Phunware Inc., a software company that built the cellphone app propelling President Donald Trump's supporters, is in financial distress and has received key support from the administration and the president's reelection campaign.
Nation Sep 04 Separated migrant children suffered trauma, watchdog report finds The children showed more fear, feelings of abandonment and post-traumatic stress symptoms than children who were not separated.
Nation Aug 16 Migrant kids separated at border faced abuse in foster homes Dozens of families are now preparing to sue the federal government, including several who say their young children were sexually, physically or emotionally abused in federally funded foster care.