Last week’s White House release of new guidelines for the use of AI tools in the workplace—dubbed the AI Bill of Rights—and New York City’s new law that mandates companies audit their AI tools for bias could have a profound impact on HR leaders and the technologists who serve them. Although the announcement from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy did not include any proposed legislation, vendors of HR tools that use artificial intelligence are expressing support for the AI Bill of Rights blueprint while warning that greater government oversight could be a reality.
