Apple Card Gave Tech CEO 20x the Credit Limit of His Wife Despite Joint Taxes and Better Credit Score — 'Algorithm is Just Sexist', Goldman Sachs Investigated by NY Regulator

Ruby on Rails creator David Heinemeier Hansson tweeted in Nov 2019 that Apple Card gave him 20x the credit limit of his wife — despite them filing joint taxes and her having a higher credit score. Steve Wozniak replied: '10x here for us, same situation.' Customer service agents told both couples 'the algorithm decided' and couldn't override it. The New York Department of Financial Services opened a formal investigation into Goldman Sachs for sex-based algorithmic discrimination. Goldman eventually admitted it had no visibility into its own model's reasoning.

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Apple Card Gave Tech CEO 20x the Credit Limit of His Wife Despite Joint Taxes and Better Credit Score — 'Algorithm is Just Sexist', Goldman Sachs Investigated by NY Regulator

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Ruby on Rails creator David Heinemeier Hansson tweeted in Nov 2019 that Apple Card gave him 20x the credit limit of his wife — despite them filing joint taxes and her having a higher credit score. Steve Wozniak replied: '10x here for us, same situation.' Customer service agents told both couples 'the algorithm decided' and couldn't override it. The New York Department of Financial Services opened a formal investigation into Goldman Sachs for sex-based algorithmic discrimination. Goldman eventually admitted it had no visibility into its own model's reasoning.

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