Washington, DC, is the home base of the most powerful government on earth. It’s also home to 690,000 people—and 29 obscure algorithms that shape their lives. City agencies use automation to screen ...

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Mayor de Blasio at a 2016 crime statistics briefing. The Brennan Center recently won partial disclosure of materials related to the NYPD's predictive policing pilot—a technology that data scientists ...

The New York City Mayor's Office has created a senior-level position to manage the city's use of algorithms. The Algorithms Management and Policy Officer, created this week through executive order by ...

New York City runs on algorithms, at least 46 different algorithmic tools to be exact. Behind the rapid expansion of these tools is an example of how America’s biggest city is aiming to be transparent ...

In Pittsburgh, an algorithm that deployed law enforcement officers to predicted crime “hot spots” might be repurposed to send social services to areas in need instead. Artificial Intelligence Law ...

New York City announced a recent effort to end race adjustments in clinical algorithms used by the city's hospitals. Experts say these adjustments perpetuate racist assumptions in healthcare and can ...