AI Hiring Tools Accused of Discriminating Against Underrepresented Job Applicants
Summary
Workday and Amazon's AI hiring tools are accused of discriminating against underrepresented job applicants based on characteristics like age, race, and disability, potentially perpetuating biases from training data and worsening discrimination patterns in employment.
Key Points
- Workday and Amazon allegedly have AI hiring tools that discriminate against job applicants based on characteristics like age, race, and disability.
- AI hiring tools can perpetuate biases from the data they are trained on, potentially worsening discrimination patterns in employment.
- While intended to streamline hiring, improper implementation of AI hiring technologies risks proliferating decades-long biases against underrepresented groups.