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Inspired by online dating, AI tool for adoption matchmaking falls short for vulnerable foster kids
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In this photo provided by the New York Stock Exchange, Adoption-Share founder and CEO Thea Ramirez, center, Miss Utah USA 2013 Marissa Powell, right, and fellow adoption supporters ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange in New York on Aug. 20, 2013. Ramirez has overstated the capabilities of her proprietary Family-Match algorithm to government officials as she seeks to expand its reach nationwide, even as social workers told AP in 2023, that the tool wasn’t useful and often led them to unwilling families. - photo by NYSE via AP
Some are orphans, others seized from their parents. Many are older and have overwhelming needs or disabilities. Most bear the scars of trauma from being hauled between foster homes, torn from siblings or sexually and physically abused.