EEOC AI and Algorithmic Fairness Initiative
EEOC agency-wide initiative to ensure AI hiring tools comply with Title VII, the ADA, and ADEA. Resulted in guidance documents (2022, 2023) establishing that AI tools creating disparate impact violate civil rights law, and the first-ever AI hiring discrimination settlement (iTutorGroup, August 2023).
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