New York City Moves to Regulate How AI Is Used in Hiring

The law applies to companies with workers in New York City, but labor experts expect it to influence practices nationally. At least four states -- California, New Jersey, New York and Vermont -- and the District of Columbia are also working on laws to regulate A.I. in hiring. And Illinois and Maryland have enacted laws limiting the use of specific A.I. technologies, often for workplace surveillance and the screening of job candidates. The New York City law emerged from a clash of sharply conflicting viewpoints. The City Council passed it during the final days of the administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio.