09/05/2022
Workers with disabilities are looking to federal regulators to crack down on AI tools that could potentially pose a bias against them.
US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Chair Charlotte Burrows said she is particularly interested in guidance that could protect people with disabilities from bias in AI tools. As many as 83% of employers, and as many as 90% among Fortune 500 companies, are using some form of automated tools to screen or rank candidates for hiring, according to Burrows.
At issue is the potential for AI-powered games or personality tests used for hiring or performance evaluations to be more difficult for people with intellectual disabilities.
AI software tracks a candidate’s speech or body language could also create a bias against people with speech impediments, people with visible disabilities, or those whose disabilities affect their movements.
