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Civio pulls back the curtain on public algorithms: Spain’s Supreme Court orders the Government to release BOSCO’s source code
The precedent-setting ruling states that public decision-making algorithms require transparency and oversight. The court rejects claims that national security or intellectual property can absolutely limit what it calls a constitutional right to public information.
Mole or cancer? The algorithm that gets one in three melanomas wrong and erases patients with dark skin
The Basque Country is implementing Quantus Skin in its health clinics after an investment of 1.6 million euros. Specialists criticise the artificial intelligence developed by the Asisa subsidiary due to its "poor” and “dangerous" results. The algorithm has been trained only with data from white patients.
Spain’s national health service will use facial recognition on 170,000 patients in Ceuta and Melilla
The INGESA system has a "very high initial risk". Its data protection analysis is "insufficient and inconsistent" and may discourage patients from seeking necessary healthcare.
Spanish prisons use a 30-year-old algorithm to decide on temporary releases
More than 200 court rulings in 2024 cite an algorithm that classifies foreign prisoners without ties as high risk, even if they lack other risk factors.
Spanish National Police stop using Veripol, its star AI for detecting false reports
The Ministry of the Interior states that they have rejected its use because it is not valid in judicial proceedings.
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Civio pulls back the curtain on public algorithms: Spain’s Supreme Court orders the Government to release BOSCO’s source code
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Spain’s national health service will use facial recognition on 170,000 patients in Ceuta and Melilla
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Mole or cancer? The algorithm that gets one in three melanomas wrong and erases patients with dark skin
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