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    Here’s how an AI tool may flag parents with disabilities

    Sally Ho
    Sally Ho is a news reporter and investigative correspondent.

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    Garance Burke
    Garance is a global investigative journalist.

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    By SALLY HO and GARANCE BURKE

    March 15, 2023 GMT

    https://apnews.com/article/child-protective-services-algorithms-artificial-intelligence-disability-02469a9ad3ed3e9a31ddae68838bc76e

    PITTSBURGH (AP) — 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 [...]

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