Should employers be liable when their AI tools break the law? - BenefitsPro

A growing number of companies report using artificial intelligence tools to help manage their businesses. Policymakers are growing concerned these tools could be misused or result in unintended consequences.

In New York City, these trends have dovetailed in a new employment law that illustrates one way policymakers aim to regulate AI tools: by holding companies accountable for any harms caused by the technology they are increasingly buying and using. But for some employment attorneys, this strategy fails to account for one circumstance: Many employers don’t have the technical skill to assess the impact of the tools they’re using.

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source: https://www.benefitspro.com/2022/03/04/should-employers-be-liable-when-their-ai-tools-break-the-law-412-127624/

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