New NYC law restricts hiring based on artificial intelligence - Marketplace

Sign up for the daily Marketplace newsletter to make sense of the most important business and economic news. When a new law in New York City takes effect at the start of 2023, employers won't be allowed to use artificial intelligence to screen job candidates unless the tech has gone through an audit to check for bias. The potential for algorithmic discrimination in hiring has been the target of state laws in Illinois and Maryland. The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission also recently formed a working group to study the issue. The internet has made applying for jobs easier than ever, but it's also made the process less human, said Joseph Fuller at Harvard Business School. "When you open the faucet, all of a sudden a lot of applications started coming in, and no one's gonna hit print 250 times," he said.