By Jesse Bedayn, Susan Haigh, Trân Nguyễn and Becky Bohrer, Associated Press/Report for AmericaOpenAI's ChatGPT app is displayed on an iPhone in New York, May 18, 2023.
Organizations including labor unions and consumer advocacy groups are pulling for more transparency from companies and greater legal recourse for citizens to sue over AI discrimination. The industry is offering tentative support but digging in its heels over those accountability measures. Still, up to 83% of employers use algorithms to help in hiring, according to estimates from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Under bills in Colorado and Connecticut, companies that use AI wouldn’t have to routinely submit impact assessments to the government. Instead, they would be required to disclose to the attorney general if they found discrimination — a government or independent organization wouldn’t be testing these AI systems for bias.