SafeRent, an AI screening tool used by landlords, agrees to pay ~$2.3M to settle a discrimination lawsuit and to not show certain tenant scores for five years
http://windowscopilot.news/... Ben Waber / @bwaber@hci.social : Seems like a weak settlement https://www.theverge.com/... X: Russ Bergeron / @bergeronruss : On Wednesday, US District Judge Angel Kelley issued final approval for a roughly $2.3 million settlement to prevent SafeRent from discriminating against tenants based on income and race. https://www.theverge.com/... LinkedIn: Merve Hickok : Another “scoring” tool, another discrimination case. Remember that a company made a “business decision” to develop this tool … Forums: r/boston : AI landlord screening tool will stop scoring low-income tenants after discrimination suit