Description: An Israeli farmer was imposed a computer generated fine by the tax authority, who allegedly were not able to explain its calculation, and refused to disclose the program and its source code.
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View all entitiesAlleged: Israeli Tax Authority developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed Moshe Har Shemesh and Israeli people having tax fines.
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(Snippet Text: The story began in 2014 when the farm Har Shemesh, which is not part of any community, asked the Tax Authority to explain how it had calculated a fine they were required to pay., Related Classifications: Financial Processing)
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Financial Processing: The system probably does not use AI at all.
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haaretz.com · 2021
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A tax dispute between a ranch in Israel’s southern Negev desert and the country’s tax authority has given rise to an issue which could have far reaching repercussions on the public’s ability to oversee and even understand government acts.
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