Moms are being rejected for jobs and labeled a 'liability' by AI resume-screening programs used by 99% of companies, report suggests

AI resume-screening systems used by major Fortune 500 companies may be discriminating against mothers, a study suggests. Researchers at New York University believe they may have unearthed a bias against women who have taken considerable time off work for maternity leave. The team fed hundreds of resumes to four models, including ChatGPT and Google's Bard, and found that they all rejected resumes with the gap. When asked for the reasoning behind the decision, the tech shared: 'Including personal information about maternity leave is not relevant to the job and could be seen as a liability.' The researchers described the trends as'alarming,' given that virtually every major company uses the tech to screen resumes.