TORONTO—As makeshift tent cities spring up across Canada to house rough sleepers who fear using shelters due to COVID-19, one city is leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to predict which residents risk becoming homeless.
Computer programmers working for the city of London, Ontario, 170 km southwest of the provincial capital Toronto, say the new system is the first of its kind anywhere—and it could offer insights for other regions grappling with homelessness.
