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When Algorithmic Mistakes About Your Identity Have Real-World Consequences

My credit score dropped because someone with my same name posted political opinions online that my bank's AI associated with my financial profile.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The automated assessment of human worth by algorithmic systems creates new forms of digital mistaken identity with material consequences.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Digital Life & Online Privacy?”

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