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August 22, 2024

Algorithmic Accountability: The Next Frontier in Employment Law?

Little V. West

By Little V. West

Artificial intelligence (or AI) technology is rapidly transforming industry norms and creating new possibilities along with moral, ethical, and legal implications. The Society for Human Resource Management has recently observed that “[a] workplace run by AI is not a futuristic concept,” noting that a 2022 “report found that 85 percent of employers using automation or AI said it saves time or increases efficiency.”[1]

Regulators and legislators have kept pace with the daily news of breakthroughs in AI capabilities. The result is a virtual kaleidoscope of developing requirements in various jurisdictions, some of which are already in effect, some of which are yet become effective, and some of which may yet be enacted bearing on the use of AI in the workplace. Read more >>