How access to information can help us understand AI decision making

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Dive into the world of AI decision-making and discover how information access plays a key role in understanding this new kind of governance.

The <a href="https://tictec.mysociety.org/ati-community-of-practice/" title="https://tictec.mysociety.org/ati-community-of-practice/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">ATI Community of Practice</a> are delighted to bring you our next event highlighting the power of Freedom of Information rights to expose the realities of AI and automated decision-making in government.We'll be hearing from three fantastic speakers:<ul><li>Jake Hurfurt from <a href="https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/" title="https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Big Brother Watch</a> will tell us about the <a href="https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-coverage/the-i-paper-new-error-riddled-ai-tool-to-be-used-by-the-home-office/" title="https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-coverage/the-i-paper-new-error-riddled-ai-tool-to-be-used-by-the-home-office/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">new developments in government algorithmic decision making</a> he has uncovered, and how transparency loses out as a result</li><li>Gabriel Geiger will share behind-the-scenes information about <a href="https://www.lighthousereports.com/" title="https://www.lighthousereports.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Lighthouse Reports</a>' award-winning <a href="https://www.lighthousereports.com/investigation/suspicion-machines/" title="https://www.lighthousereports.com/investigation/suspicion-machines/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Suspicion Machines investigation</a> which revealed how machine learning algorithms were disproportionately targeting individuals based on ethnicity and gender</li><li><a href="https://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/staff/morgan-currie" title="https://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/staff/morgan-currie" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Morgan Currie</a> will tell us all about <a href="https://era.ed.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/1842/43635/Algorithmic_Accountability_Report.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y" title="https://era.ed.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/1842/43635/Algorithmic_Accountability_Report.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">her recent research</a> that analysed 51 FOI requests to reveal how the UK’s Department for Work and Pensions uses secretive data analytics to detect welfare fraud, and uncovers broader learning for civil society actors using FOI to enhance transparency.</li></ul>If you missed the first event in this series on FOI &amp; climate, you can catch up on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efYIud0SIa0" title="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efYIud0SIa0" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">youtube</a>. <a href="https://www.mysociety.org/subscribe/" title="https://www.mysociety.org/subscribe/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sign up to our newsletters</a> and be the first to know about events like this.--Cover image by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@lazycreekimages?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash" title="https://unsplash.com/@lazycreekimages?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Michael Dziedzic</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/red-and-black-abstract-illustration-aQYgUYwnCsM?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash" title="https://unsplash.com/photos/red-and-black-abstract-illustration-aQYgUYwnCsM?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Unsplash</a>