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Wired
Behind EyeDetect, a controversial eye-scanning lie detector powered by a proprietary algorithm that its makers claim has 86% accuracy, higher than the polygraph
SITTING IN FRONT of a Converus EyeDetect station, it's impossible not to think of Blade Runner. Tweets: @wired , @jaycstanley , @marion_infolaw , and @andreawiggins Tweets: @wired : EyeDetect is pitch...
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New York Times
As US courts continue using proprietary 3rd-party recidivism algorithms to contribute to decisions of sentencing, bail, and guilt, justices ponder consequences
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ProPublica
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