Some U.S. government agencies are testing out AI to help fulfill public records requests
A few federal agencies have started to use sophisticated artificial intelligence tools to help deal with immense caseloads of Freedom of Information Act requests, but some transparency advocates warn that the government needs additional safeguards before more widely deploying the technology. At least three agencies — the State Department, the المزيد
Larry Nassar victims accuse Michigan State of ‘secret votes’ to hide records about the disgraced sports doctor
Victims of convicted sexual predator Larry Nassar filed a lawsuit Thursday accusing Michigan State University officials of taking “secret votes” to conceal records about the disgraced sports doctor. The civil complaint filed in Ingham County Circuit Court claims the East Lansing school violated open meeting laws, refusing to give thousands المزيد
Store owner charged with murder in Black teen’s killing fights warrant over business records
A lawyer for a store owner in South Carolina facing a murder charge after police said he chased and shot a Black 14-year-old who he had falsely accused of stealing water has asked a judge to stop a search warrant for his business records. Cyrus Carmack-Belton was fatally shot in the back المزيد
Trans patients sue hospital that provided their records to Tennessee’s attorney general
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vanderbilt University Medical Center is being sued by its transgender clinic patients, who accuse the hospital of violating their privacy by turning their records over to Tennessee’s attorney general. Two patients sued Monday in Nashville Chancery Court, saying they were among more than 100 people whose records were المزيد