New bill would let defendants inspect algorithms used against them in court
Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge A pair of Democratic lawmakers are seeking to give defendants more information about algorithms used against them in a criminal trial. Reps. Mark Takano (D-CA) and Dwight Evans (D-PA) reintroduced the Justice in Forensic Algorithms Act on Thursday, which would allow defendants to access the source code of software used to analyze evidence in their criminal proceedings. It would also require the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to create testing standards for forensic algorithms, which software used by federal enforcers would need to meet. The bill would act as a check on unintended outcomes that could be created by using technology to help solve crimes. Academic research has highlighted the ways human bias can be... Continue reading…
两位民主党议员提出《司法算法公正法案》,要求被告能够获取用于分析其刑事诉讼证据的软件的源代码。该法案还要求NIST制定法庭算法的测试标准,以确保联邦执法机构使用的软件符合要求。该法案旨在防止使用技术解决犯罪时可能产生的意外后果。