Regulators Assert Authority to Combat A.I. Bias

Four federal agencies in the US, including the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Department of Justice, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the Federal Trade Commission, have warned that they already have the authority to tackle harms caused by artificial intelligence (AI) bias and plan to use it. The regulators asserted that they have the tools to pursue companies abusing or misusing AI in a variety of ways, including digital redlining and discrimination in hiring and recruitment. While acknowledging the need for Congress to act, the agencies said they have an arsenal of bedrock civil rights laws to hold bad actors accountable.