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The idea sounds terrific - I'd be interested in hearing how the response has been from governments? Also, what goes into the decision making process to manage the risks for specific cases?

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The response has been good so far. We have had some pushback based on general concern of replacing humans with technology. But, overall positive. We use an assessment tool to measure risk based on everything from employment to past conviction.

> We use an assessment tool to measure risk based on everything from employment to past conviction.

Could you speak more to this? There are serious concerns with software being used to evaluate the risk of criminal behavior. Are these being considered?

https://www.propublica.org/article/machine-bias-risk-assessm...

We love these questions because they are at the heart of why we founded this company. I am a woman of color whose family members have been in the system and Diana is a criminal defense lawyer by trade. We have spent a lot of time looking at assessment tools. At this point, we need both qualitative and quantitative analysis.

I appreciate that it's being thought of, but I'd love more detail on what concrete steps you've taken to address these sorts of biases in the tooling, which you indicate already exists.

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