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1. GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 09-Apr-2022 09:53:12 EDT GeniusMusing
   California suggests taking aim at AI-powered hiring software • The Register
   https://www.theregister.com/2022/04/07/california_ai_hiring/
   
   >A newly proposed amendment to California's hiring discrimination laws would make AI-powered employment decision-making software a source of legal liability.
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   >The proposal would make it illegal for businesses and employment agencies to use automated-decision systems to screen out applicants who are considered a protected class by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing. Broad language, however, means the law could be easily applied to "applications or systems that may only be tangentially related to employment decisions," lawyers Brent Hamilton and Jeffrey Bosley of Davis Wright Tremaine wrote.
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   Now for the rest of the country?
   1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 09-Apr-2022 10:02:12 EDT lnxw48a1

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      This is why the most important elective offices in the country are the attorneys general of California and New York. Nobody else would or could be the first to pass this (and without an AG that is willing to go to court and enforce it, most other states wouldn't be effective anyway).