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In NYC, companies will have to prove their AI hiring software isn't sexist or racist (www.nbcnews.com)
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New York City businesses that use artificial intelligence to help find hires now have to show the process was free from sexism and racism.

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[–] Iunnrais@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago

You definitely don’t even need to include sex or race as an input for the AI to show bias. AI can find other things that tend to show sex or race… perhaps your school, perhaps your address, or perhaps the very style you tend to write in for your cover letter.