Using AI to Combat Homelessness

One of the main challenges to countering homelessness is to figure out who’s most at-risk of losing their homes and getting them the resources they need. Now, in a first-of-its-kind experiment, Los Angeles is using artificial intelligence to help make those predictions and keep people in their homes.

NPR’s Jennifer Ludden reports on the program and meets people who are benefitting from this new use of AI technology.

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