Reporting on automated poverty: how tech is punishing the poor

Guardian US reporters reflect on our recent series examining the shadowy emergence of the ‘digital welfare state’

A sea change is under way in governments worldwide, and no one is talking about it. Algorithms and artificial intelligence are taking over welfare payments systems, and with this shift to automation the last vestige of dignity for poor and vulnerable people is being attacked.

These changes are often made quietly, with little or no public debate or accountability. Yet in the process, the lives of millions of people across the globe are being affected.

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