‘Risks posed by AI are real’: EU moves to beat the algorithms that ruin lives

‘Black-box’ AI-based discrimination seems to be beyond the control of the organisation that use itIt started with a single tweet in November 2019. David Heinemeier, a high-profile tech entrepreneur, lashed out at Apple’s newly launched credit card, calling it “sexist” for offering his wife a credit limit 20 times lower than his own.The allegations spread like wildfire, with Heinemeier stressing that artificial intelligence – now widely used to make lending dec