BiasHigh
Northpointe Risk Models
- Occurred
- May 23, 2016
- Published
- May 23, 2016
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
An algorithm developed by Northpointe and used in the penal system is two times more likely to incorrectly label a black person as a high-risk re-offender and is two times more likely to incorrectly label a white person as low-risk for reoffense according to a ProPublica review.
Developers
- Northpointe
Deployers
- Northpointe
Harmed parties
- Accused people
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: Algorithm shows significant racial disparity in risk assessment outcomes for criminal justice.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8