Denmark: AI-powered welfare system fuels mass surveillance and risks discriminating against marginalized groups – report

By Amnesty International

The Danish welfare authority, Udbetaling Danmark (UDK), risks discriminating against people with disabilities, low-income individuals, migrants, refugees, and marginalized racial groups through its use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools to flag individuals for social benefits fraud investigations, Amnesty International said today in a new report. The report, Coded Injustice: Surveillance and Discrimination in Denmark’s Automated […] The post Denmark: AI-powered welfare system fuels mass surveillance and risks discriminating against marginalized groups – report appeared first on Amnesty…

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