A few professors in the front row exchanged glances.
Emily flipped another page and continued, her voice growing stronger with each sentence. “The report cited earlier from the National Technology Council sounds impressive at first glance,” she said, “but the version referenced today was quietly corrected three months after publication.” Lucas frowned slightly as she continued speaking, because the detail she mentioned wasn’t something he remembered seeing in his research.
“The correction noted that the bias-detection model failed during trial use in municipal courts,” Emily explained, her tone calm but precise. “Three cities removed the system after discovering it misidentified low-income defendants as high risk nearly forty percent of the time.”
The audience grew quieter.
Lucas leaned forward slightly, scanning his own notes as if searching for something he might have missed. Daniel whispered beside him, “Did you see that update?” Lucas shook his head faintly, still listening.
