‘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 organisations that use it

It started with a single tweet in November 2019. David Heinemeier Hansson, 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 Hansson stressing that artificial intelligence - now widely used to make lending decisions - was to blame. It does not matter what the intent of individual Apple reps are, it matters what THE ALGORITHM they've placed their complete faith in does. And what it does is discriminate. This is fucked up."