Automated system outcomes can be skewed by unrepresentative or imbalanced datasets. Image: TippaPatt/Shutterstock.com
An interagency effort on enforcing violations of civil rights, consumer protection, EEO and other laws arising from artificial intelligence-driven decisions has been broadened, the Justice Department has said.
That effort now involves now involves agencies including Education, HHS, DHS, HUD, Labor, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the EEOC, the FTC and Justice’s Civil Division, following an interagency meeting on the initiative on its first anniversary. The agencies issued a joint statement stressing that their existing legal authorities “apply to the use of automated systems and innovative new technologies just as they apply to other practices.”
“Automated system outcomes can be skewed by unrepresentative or imbalanced datasets, datasets that incorporate historical bias, or datasets that contain other types of errors,” it said, and a system may drive decisions “on the basis of flawed assumptions about its users, relevant context, or the underlying practices or procedures it may replace.”
“As social media platforms, banks, landlords, employers and other businesses choose to rely on artificial intelligence, algorithms and automated systems to conduct business, we stand ready to hold accountable those entities that fail to address the unfair and discriminatory outcomes that may result. We are mounting a whole-of-government approach to enforcing civil rights and related laws when it comes to automated systems, including AI,” the Justice Department said.
The department meanwhile has launched a public-facing site (at https://www.justice.gov/crt/ai) to centralize information on AI and civil rights, including enforcement authorities.
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