DOJ’s RealPage lawsuit details algorithm’s ‘anticompetitive’ data inputs

A complaint the Department of Justice filed against the rental management software company RealPage for alleged antitrust violations -- following an investigation that has prompted lawmaker calls for greater algorithmic transparency -- provides insight into how the Biden administration is assessing legality in applications of artificial intelligence.

“At bottom, RealPage is an algorithmic intermediary that collects, combines, and exploits landlords’ competitively sensitive information,” reads the complaint filed Aug. 23 in the United States District Court for the Middle District...