Inside Amsterdam’s high-stakes experiment to create fair welfare AI

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The Dutch city thought it could break a decade-long trend of implementing discriminatory algorithms. Its failure raises the question: can these programs ever be fair?

Period11 Jun 2025

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  • TitleInside Amsterdam’s high-stakes experiment to create fair welfare AI
    Degree of recognitionInternational
    Media name/outletMIT Technology Review
    Media typePrint
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    Date11/06/25
    DescriptionThe Dutch city thought it could break a decade-long trend of implementing discriminatory algorithms. Its failure raises the question: can these programs ever be fair?
    Producer/AuthorEileen Guo, Gabriel Geiger, and Justin-Casimir Braun
    PersonsHans de Zwart