California Prisons Block AI Researchers from Examining Parole Denials
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EFF Clients Want Access to Public Records on Race and Ethnicity in Parole Hearings San Francisco - A team of researchers who want to develop a machine learning platform to help analyze and detect any patterns of bias in California parole-suitability decisions has been blocked for years by the state’s Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). In a lawsuit filed today by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the researchers argue that the state’s public records law requires the (...)
