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Algorithm to Distribute Social Welfare Reported for Oversimplifying Economic Vulnerability

AI Incident Database · article · Jun 13, 2023 · UTC

Takaful cash transfer program's algorithm which ranks families by their economic vulnerability level to determine financial assistance reportedly oversimplified people's economic situation, fueling social tension and perceptions of unfairness.

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recordType
incident-report
evidenceStatus
reported
region
Global

Reported occurrence date: 2019-05-31T00:00:00.000Z

Evidence & attribution

AI Incident Database, Responsible AI Collaborative; McGregor (2021), Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents. Incident-specific contributor credits are available at each citation link. Metadata adapted; article text excluded.

License: CC BY-SA 4.0

First collected: 2026-09-19T22:50:59.123Z. This is not the publication date.

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2026-09-20T23:22:28.549Z

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