Trump admin using AI to deny medical care for seniors in disastrous experiment
Vendors rolling out AI have an "incentive to deny as many claims as possible.".
Vendors rolling out AI have an "incentive to deny as many claims as possible."
The short version
- Amid the worrying reports, lawmakers have been trying to get answers and shut the program down.
- Meanwhile, the Government Accountability Office determined in May that Trump officials did not follow proper procedure in setting up the program, calling its legality into question.
- Still, it appears to be moving ahead unabated, with plans to expand in the years to come.
What happened
Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.) called a committee vote to try to get the Trump administration to release more documents about WISeR, but Republicans voted the effort down . “It’s clear why the administration is doing everything they can to conceal these documents,” DelBene said in a statement.
Why it matters
According to the documents released by the EFF, the program’s implementation was rushed, and the technology wasn’t ready.
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