Disability groups stress equity for low-income, rural areas in DOT’s AI inquiry

The Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities highlighted the importance of considering a wider range of marginalized communities in imploring the Department of Transportation to emphasize equity while expending research and development resources to responsibly advance artificial intelligence.

“If R&D only focuses on major metropolitan areas or fails to be deployed to examine transportation infrastructure in rural and underserved communities, R&D and the use of AI could ultimately discriminate against people with disabilities,” CCD wrote in the comments regarding DOT’s innovation...