Investigation underway after AI tool may have misinterpreted a child's disability as parental neglect

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Published March 16, 2023 1:59pm EDT

Investigation underway after AI tool may have misinterpreted a child’s disability as parental neglect

An algorithm tool flagged a PA family whose child refused to eat, prompting the child to go into foster care

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For the two weeks that the Hackneys’ baby girl lay in a Pittsburgh hospital bed weak from dehydration, her parents rarely left her side, sometimes sleeping on the fold-out sofa in the room.

They stayed with their daughter around the clock when she was moved to a rehab center to regain her strength. Finally, the 8-month-old stopped batting away her bottles and started putting on weight again.

“She was doing well and we started to ask when can she go home,” Lauren Hackney said. “And then from that moment on, at the time, they completely stonewalled us and never said anything.”

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