Lawmakers at a House committee hearing Tuesday debated whether the government should mandate new AI-specific transparency and anti-bias requirements to regulate companies’ employment practices, or if they should let industry police its own behavior under existing statutes.
Congress has failed to pass wide-reaching legislation on artificial intelligence despite arguments that, on the employment front, relying on longstanding federal civil rights law isn’t enough.
State legislatures and regulators have attempted to fill the gaps, including California, Colorado, and Illinois measures that seek to mitigate bias risks resulting from AI decision-making tools. But President Donald Trump signed an executive order in ...