AI Incident Database - Incident 740
Source evidence cited by public records. This page shows where the source is used, its trust tier, and when it was last checked in the seed.
Records using this source
- british-single-mothers
entity | 17 July 2024 | 70%
british-single-mothers - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- department-for-work-and-pensions
entity | 17 July 2024 | 70%
department-for-work-and-pensions - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- single-mothers
entity | 17 July 2024 | 70%
single-mothers - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) AI Systems Allegedly Discriminate Against Single Mothers
event | 17 July 2024 | 78%
Researchers have argued that the Department for Work and Pensions' Universal Credit system disproportionately impacts single mothers. Automated processes in the system, designed to determine eligibility and detect fraud, are reported to have introduced biases, leading to financial instability and hardship. The algorithms allegedly miscalculate earnings and delay childcare reimbursements, in turn exacerbating income volatility and debt among single mothers.