>> experts warn that algorithms could introduce racial or other illegal biases

> There was literally no expert quoted in the article who asserted such a thing.

This is exceedingly harsh. Look at regulation on the credit card industry on what data you can and cannot use to make credit decisions. Algorithms can certainly have bias - that's not a disputed fact - and without careful screening of the data and the models you will quite likely have biases. So the article isn't unfair in making that statement.