Calls for regulator to calm algorithm angst

Critics have warned that algorithmic injustices highlighted by the A-level results furore will only increase without an official regulator to monitor their usage.

Officials in the UK are increasingly using computer models to automate decisions based on the government’s datasets, but as the recent A-level fiasco has shown, such practices have huge implications for individuals.

“We’ve talked about algorithm regulation in academia and now there’s going to pressure for a regulatory body in charge of this,” said Paul Bernal, professor