Artificial Intelligence

Two US Government Agencies Warn about Artificial Intelligence Hiring Technology that Discriminates against Disabled Applicants Article includes resources for AI fairness in employment and beyond

Posted on Updated on October 30, 2024
The unemployment rate for people with disabilities in the United States is at an unacceptable high rate. As the US Bureau of Labor Statistics stated in a February 2022 informational release: “Across all educational attainment groups, unemployment rates for persons with a disability were higher than those for persons without a disability.” Two new resources from the US federal government address one type of barrier to the employment of disabled people: Algorithmic and Artificial Intelligence (AI) hiring tools that discriminate. Read more… Two US Government Agencies Warn about Artificial Intelligence Hiring Technology that Discriminates against Disabled Applicants Article includes resources for AI fairness in employment and beyond

Artificial Intelligence (AI) vs. Difference Guest article by Jutta Treviranus

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[Editor’s Note: This article is reprinted with the author’s permission from the July-August 2024 edition of the “We Count Recount,” the bi-monthly newsletter of We Count. We Count is a project of the Inclusive Design Research Centre (IDRC) at OCAD University in Toronto. IDRC is “an open global community working together to proactively ensure that… Read more… Artificial Intelligence (AI) vs. Difference Guest article by Jutta Treviranus