This article is republished from The Markup. Read the original article, which was copublished with WIRED. Crime predictions generated for the police department in Plainfield, New Jersey, rarely lined ...

When George Floyd was killed in May after a police officer pressed a knee into the man’s neck, millions of Americans protested, demanding civic leaders dismantle long-standing police practices and ...

Automation can be the key to unlocking efficiency—but what happens when the algorithms at the core of an automated process perpetuate racial and economic biases? A ...

For years, cops have attempted to use data analysis to conduct more efficient investigations. A new study claims that's probably a huge waste of time. Reading time 2 minutes Predictive policing—the ...

“Predictive policing” has an enticing ring to it. The idea is that you feed a bunch of data into a mysterious algorithm, and poof, out comes intelligence about the future that tells police where the ...

This is Episode 12 of Real Future, Fusion’s documentary series about technology and society. More episodes available at realfuture.tv. There’s a new kind of software that claims to help law ...

Judges have not yet settled on clear rules for when prosecutors must disclose AI was used to obtain evidence or reach a particular conclusion.

In an era marked by technological advancements, the thin line between ensuring public safety and invading individual privacy has become increasingly blurred. Nowhere is this more evident than in the ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. In an era marked by technological advancements, the thin line between ensuring public ...