EEOC Targets AI-Based Hiring Bias in Draft Enforcement Plan (1)

The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will turn its enforcement attention to artificial intelligence tools used by employers to hire workers that can also introduce discriminatory decision-making, according to a new agency playbook.

The EEOC’s draft Strategic Enforcement Plan published in the Federal Register Tuesday, includes updates that for the first time take into account “employers’ increasing use of automated systems, including artificial intelligence or machine learning,” to make hiring and recruiting decisions. The commission also announced earlier this month that it would host a public hearing Jan. 31 on the use of AI tools in employment decisions.

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