Children's Agency Shelves AI System For Identifying Abuse; Test Run Found Errors in 60% of System's Decisions

The Yomiuri Shimbun
16:50 JST,
March 3, 2025
The Children and Families Agency has decided not to introduce a system that uses AI to determine whether children suspected of being abused should be placed in temporary custody, it has been learned.
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