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Robert was wrongly arrested because of a racist algorithm. Are these the hidden dangers of AI?

Experts are grappling with AI systems that reflect the same biases that exist in society. (Reuters: Thomas Peter)

In January 2020, Robert Williams was at work in an auto shop in the US city of Detroit when he received a surreal and disturbing phone call.

The caller identified himself as a police officer and told him to make his way to the nearest police station to be arrested.

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