Neil Steinberg: "'There wasn’t a glitch at IDES,' replied Jordan Abudayyeh, press secretary to Gov. J.B. Pritzker, snapping at the bait...'What we’re seeing around the country is that personal information that lives on the dark web due to various data breaches is being used in mass to file for unemployment claims under this system. This isn’t specific to Illinois, this is happening around the country, here are some examples:'"
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.