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Diabierna 3 Juni 2022

Oregon dropping AI tool used in child abuse cases

Child welfare officials in and equity," Lacey Andresen, stakes are high – not attend-
Oregon will stop using an the agency's deputy director, ing to an allegation could end
algorithm to help decide said in the May 19 email. with a child's death, but scru-
which families are inves- Jake Sunderland, a depart- tinizing a family's life could
tigated by social workers, ment spokesman, said the set them up for separation.
opting instead for a new existing algorithm would "no From California to Colo-
process that officials say longer be necessary," since it rado and Pennsylvania, as
will make better, more ra- can't be used with the state's child welfare agencies use or
cially equitable decisions. new screening process. He consider implementing algo-
declined to provide further rithms, an AP review identi-
The move comes weeks after details about why Oregon fied concerns about trans-
an Associated Press review of decided to replace the algo- parency, reliability and racial
a separate algorithmic tool in rithm and would not elabo- disparities in the use of the
Pennsylvania that had origi- rate on any related disparities technology, including their
nally inspired Oregon offi- that influenced the policy potential to harden bias in the
cials to develop their model, change. child welfare system. the Oregon Department of the country. Oregon's Safety
and was found to have flagged ——- U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, an Human Services is taking the at Screening Tool was in-
a disproportionate number of This story, supported by the Oregon Democrat, said he concerns I raised about racial spired by the influential Al-
Black children for "manda- Pulitzer Center for Crisis had long been concerned bias seriously and is pausing legheny Family Screening
tory" neglect investigations Reporting, is part of an on- about the algorithms used by the use of its screening tool." Tool, which is named for the
when it first was in place. going Associated Press series, his state's child welfare sys- Sunderland said Oregon county surrounding Pitts-
Oregon's Department of "Tracked," that investigates tem and reached out to the child welfare officials had burgh, and is aimed at pre-
Human Services announced the power and consequences department again following long been considering chang- dicting the risk that children
to staff via email last month of decisions driven by algo- the AP story to ask questions ing their investigations pro- face of winding up in foster
that after "extensive analysis" rithms on people's everyday about racial bias – a prevailing cess before making the an- care or being investigated in
the agency's hotline workers lives. concern with the growing use nouncement last month. the future. It was first imple-
would stop using the algo- ——- of artificial intelligence tools He added that the state de- mented in 2018. Social work-
rithm at the end of June to Hotline workers' decisions in child protective services. cided recently that the algo- ers view the numerical risk
reduce disparities concerning about reports of child abuse "Making decisions about rithm would be completely scores the algorithm gener-
which families are investigat- and neglect mark a critical what should happen to chil- replaced by its new program, ates – the higher the number,
ed for child abuse and neglect moment in the investigations dren and families is far too called the Structured Deci- the greater the risk – as they
by child protective services. process, when social workers important a task to give un- sion Making model, which decide if a different social
"We are committed to con- first decide if families should tested algorithms," Wyden aligns with many other child worker should go out to in-
tinuous quality improvement face state intervention. The said in a statement. "I'm glad welfare jurisdictions across vestigate the family.

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