Bills to ban AI bias could hit DEI buzzsaw

March 10, 2025, 6:31 PM UTC

A TEXAS BILL AIMED AT STOPPING BIAS IN AI applications in housing, finance, and other sectors has become the target of Republican backlash to diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.

  • “The last thing that I want to see is big government legislation that stifles innovations and especially inserts really anachronistic liberal priorities like DEI into the bills,” Texas Rep. Brian Harrison (R) said in an interview.
  • Texas is among a dozen states with bills that would make businesses monitor AI systems to prevent automated discrimination. DEI attacks could derail the bills in Texas and other states led by Republican governors—including Virginia, ...

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