AI Bias Is Civil Rights Issue of Our Time, Black Lawmaker Says

Bias and discrimination in artificial intelligence will be the civil rights issue of our time, a vice chair of the Congressional Black Caucus said Wednesday.

“We need to be able to trust that the voice on the phone that sounds like my mom, your mom, isn’t a machine,” said Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.) at the annual legislative conference of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation in Washington. “We need to be able to trust that when we as Black Americans go to apply for a bank loan, secure employment, or even enter our own homes, we will not be denied on ...