政府のアルゴリズムの性能が期待を大きく下回ったため、20万人以上が住宅手当の詐欺や誤りで不当に調査を受けたとガーディアンが明らかにした。

情報公開法に基づいて公表された公式データによると、過去3年間に労働年金省（DWP）の自動システムによって潜在的に高リスクとフラグが付けられた申請の3分の2は実際には正当なものだった。

これは、毎月何千もの英国世帯が、申請を高リスクと誤って特定したアルゴリズムの誤った判断に基づいて、住宅手当の申請を不必要に調査されたことを意味する。

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200,000 Department for Work and Pensions claimants have been warned they have "wrongly" been triggered for "fraud and error". The DWP algorithm has "wrongly flagged" 200,000 people for possible fraud and error, according to the Guardian new…

The Canary has previously reported how the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) reliance on AI and algorithmic technology for benefit fraud detection could put disabled and chronically ill claimants at risk. Now, new data obtained by a ca…

According to the Guardian, more than 200,000 people have been wrongfully investigated for housing benefit fraud and error after a government algorithm failed to operate as expected.

Two-thirds of claims marked as potentially high risk by a …

More than 200,000 people have been wrongly investigated for housing benefit fraud and error. Over the last three years two-thirds of claims flagged as potentially high risk by a Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) automated system were a…