In a ground-breaking lawsuit, a group of job applicants have taken legal action against a top Artificial Intelligence recruitment software company. The basis of the case revolves around the biases allegedly perpetrated by the machine learning algorithms used in the company’s recruitment tools.
The plaintiffs argue that the A.I’s decision-making processes echo socio-economic and racial biases present in the data it was trained on. This, they argue, negatively skewed their applications and deprived them of fair job opportunities. The lawsuit seeks compensation and a court injunction to halt the company’s use of the said software.
The case has brought to light deeper questions about the transparency and accountability of A.I. technologies in applications that directly affect human lives, shedding light on a growing need for legislation tackling A.I bias and malpractice.
The company has yet to release an official statement regarding the allegations. Read More
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