Tag: ADS

Automating Bias: How Computers Are Making Decisions About Your Life

This is a community-led event to learn how widely-used technology harms New York communities, and how residents can demand change. To attend this event, you should RSVP via eventbrite. **About this Event** New York City agencies are relying on algorithms or Automated Decision Systems (ADSs) to make decisions about every major area of New Yorkers’ […]

Council Member Peter Koo Introduces Bill to Require Reporting on Automated Decision Systems (ADS) used by City Agencies

City Hall – City Council Member Peter Koo today introduced legislation that would bring greater transparency and understanding to the automated decision systems used by city agencies to make mission-critical decisions affecting the daily lives of New Yorkers. Intro 1806 would require annual reporting on Automated Decision Systems (ADS), or the computerized implementation of one or more […]