Philadelphia city agencies use a variety of so-called artificial intelligence tools for a range of tasks, ranging from writing software and giving parking tickets, to flying police drones and doing facial recognition for criminal investigations, officials say.

The profusion of such systems at city agencies was one of the takeaways from a City Council hearing Wednesday that explored the sprawling and potentially worrisome world of AI, and how the city is managing its burgeoning use both within and outside of government.

Much of the hearing focused on potential harms from AI systems that might leak confidential data, produce errors, encroach on civil rights, exhibit bias, facilitate discrimination, be used to target immigrants, or make sensitive decisions in areas like health care and poli

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