Thousands in India go to great lengths to prove they are alive after being ‘killed’ by an algorithm


An algorithm meant to streamline welfare claims in India’s Haryana state wrongly listed several thousand elderly folks as dead, cutting off their pensions. — AFP

An algorithm rolled out by the government in an Indian state to verify welfare claimants has been “killing off” its citizens.

Now, those erroneously declared dead by the system are going to extraordinary lengths to prove that they are still alive.

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