Study: Uber, Lyft Algorithms Charged More for Rides in Non-white Neighborhoods

A recent study shows the algorithm used by ride-sharing companies Uber and Lyft may discriminate against customers taking trips to or from predominantly non-white neighborhoods.

According to Salon, the study, conducted by Aylin Caliskan and Akshat Pandey at George Washington University, assessed whether there was a racial disparity in how much passengers were being charged based on their destination.

The study analyzed transportation and census data in Chicago and the data set included more than 100 million rides between November 2018 and December 2019. Sixty-eight million of those rides were...