New York’s Chosen AI Keeps Users From Collecting Unemployment
ID.me’s facial recognition tool was supposed to help administer unemployment securely. Users say the tech has barred them from their accounts — and their paychecks.
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“I have a daughter & I will be put out by next month.”
“ID.me for NYS unemployment hung up the phone on me when I said I was hearing impaired.”
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