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Chris Morris

AI could soon help decide whether you get unemployment benefits

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Artificial intelligence isn’t just threatening to put people out of work, it may have a say in whether they get unemployment benefits as well.

Officials in Nevada plan to use Google’s artificial intelligence system to assist with the appeals process for unemployment benefits, according to a report in Gizmodo. The thinking behind the move is that AI can analyze and summarize hearing transcripts and evidentiary documents faster than a human could, and then offer a recommendation on whether the unemployment claim should be approved or denied.

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