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Whoops! AI tenant-screening tool SafeRent pays $2.28 million settlement for being massively racist (pivot-to-ai.com)
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[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Cost of doing business.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Good news is it wasn't JUST a $2.28 million fine, they're now banned from using this AI scoring system for 5 years.

Of course, it'd be far better if it was a permanent ban.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 days ago (1 children)

give their devs a couple hours they'll have a totally different--but not really that different, system, and business as usual will continue.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

Yup. "We changed a few buttons and gave the UI a new look so it's totally a brand new product and not the same thing".