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When AI Decides Who Gets Help: Why Social Welfare needs a ProSocial Reset

  • Subtitle: Global Newsletter - January 2026
Featured article from Global Newsletter January 2026 Written by Dr. Cornelia C. Walther. Senior fellow Wharton/Harvard. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Artificial intelligence is quietly becoming part of how societies decide who gets help, when, and under what conditions. From benefits eligibility to housing support, from disability assessments to unemployment services, algorithms are increasingly embedded in systems that touch the most vulnerable moments of people’s lives. This is not a future scenario. It is already...