Early signs indicate that employers hit with hiring bias lawsuits over their use of artificial intelligence-based tools will get the opportunity to try to share liability with vendors who design the technology.
These tech developers have thus far avoided getting enmeshed in lawsuits when job applicants claim the human resources tools cause algorithmic discrimination, violating civil rights laws by blocking them from a fair shot at securing employment.
But novel legal arguments by job-seekers, as well as attempts by employers to share or pass off liability, could force vendors into the litigation fray just as the use of AI in ...