Lauren Feiner / The Verge:

A study finds US judges use algorithmic risk assessments for criminal defendants selectively, instead of wholesale adopting or rejecting algorithms' advice  —  When Northwestern University graduate student Sino Esthappan began researching how algorithms decide who stays in jail, he expected “a story about humans versus technology.”

Lauren Feiner / The Verge:

A study finds US judges use algorithmic risk assessments for criminal defendants selectively, instead of wholesale adopting or rejecting algorithms' advice  —  When Northwestern University graduate student Sino Esthappan began researching how algorithms decide who stays in jail, he expected “a story about humans versus technology.”

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