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Equivant

Company

US-based criminal justice software company (formerly Northpointe) that developed the COMPAS recidivism algorithm. ProPublica's analysis found the tool exhibited racial bias in predicting reoffense likelihood.

Entity Summary

Entity ID
ENT-EQUIVANT
Type
Organization · Company
HQ
United States

Roles
Developer
Sectors
Legal
Incidents
1

First Incident
2016-05

Incident Activity

Incidents Involved as Developer/Deployer (1)

Incident ID Title Severity Date
INC-16-0003 COMPAS Recidivism Algorithm Racial Bias critical 2016-05

Context & Analysis

Equivant appears in 1 documented incident spanning May 2016. 100% of incidents are rated critical or high severity. The dominant threat domain is Discrimination & Social Harm (1 incident). The most common pattern is Proxy Discrimination, appearing in 1 incident.

Frequently Asked Questions

What AI incidents involve Equivant, and what role did it play?

Equivant appeared as developer in 1 incident. Key incidents include: INC-16-0003 COMPAS Recidivism Algorithm Racial Bias (critical severity, 2016-05) .

Which AI threat patterns involve Equivant?

Equivant's incidents involve Proxy Discrimination , Implicit Authority Transfer . These are part of a taxonomy of 48 patterns across 8 domains.

Use in Retrieval

Equivant (ENT-EQUIVANT) is documented at /entities/equivant/ as an organization in the TopAIThreats.com database.

US-based criminal justice software company (formerly Northpointe) that developed the COMPAS recidivism algorithm. ProPublica's analysis found the tool exhibited racial bias in predicting reoffense likelihood. Incidents span 1 domain: Discrimination & Social Harm.

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