Gabriel Daros / Rest of World:
Brazil's AI-based social security app, launched in 2018, has cut bureaucracy in some cases but wrongly rejected hundreds of vulnerable people over minor errors  —  An algorithmic tool meant to reduce bureaucracy is misfiring on complex cases, and vulnerable Brazilians are paying the price.

Waleed Salama spent two years studying vending regulations before setting up his own Halal cart along Eighth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan in 2002, where he travels from his home in Coney Island six days a week to work. But the 59-year-old said his preparations have rarely helped him fend off tickets, especially in the last […]

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Citing attacks from the Trump administration and overcrowding on Rikers Island, advocates for transgender people behind bars are pushing local lawmakers to codify how transgender detainees are identified and housed in gender-aligned units.  In recent months, the White House has tried to force the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to move transgender women back into […]

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This article is adapted from our April 24 edition of RANKED CHOICES, THE CITY’s weekly election newsletter. Click here to sign up. Dear New Yorkers, Earlier in the election season, we wrote about the role endorsements play in local races and whether they can really make or break a candidate. Now, we’re seeing those themes […]

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Andrew Silver / Reuters:
Three European scientific funding agencies have put research programs with China on hold since 2021 due to concerns over the country's Data Security Law  —  Several of Europe's biggest funders of scientific collaboration with China, in fields such as viruses and air quality …