Artificial intelligence algorithms used for hiring show a bias for men over women, according to a new study from the University of Melbourne. The researchers provided resumes to 40 recruiters for data ...

Understanding bias in hiring algorithms and ways to mitigate it requires us to explore how predictive technologies work at each step of the hiring process. Though they commonly share a backbone of ...

When the tech company Linda works for announces an AI tool that can filter thousands of résumés in minutes and assign candidates scores based on qualifications, she’s excited that it’ll make her job ...

New research shows that people recognize more of their biases in algorithms' decisions than they do in their own -- even when those decisions are the same. Algorithms were supposed to make our lives ...

Human bias, when shaped by values and informed by experience, can be a form of wisdom that protects us from making poor ...

Hiring has always been an inexact science. Traditionally a laborious, inefficient, and only occasionally effective enterprise, it is a quintessentially human process. That isn’t exactly a compliment.

Artificial intelligence tools promise to ease your hiring processes, but now, some companies will need to take careful steps to use them legally. A law passed in New York City, known as NYC 144, went ...

For more than a decade, journalists and researchers have been writing about the dangers of relying on algorithms to make weighty decisions: who gets locked up, who gets a job, who gets a loan — even ...

Algorithms were supposed to make our lives easier and fairer: help us find the best job applicants, help judges impartially assess the risks of bail and bond decisions, and ensure that health care is ...