If an employer uses AI for hiring, who is legally responsible when it discriminates? A conversation with Dr Natalie Sheard

Melbourne Law School and host Jon Faine bring you Justice: a weekly podcast about the law behind the news. Around two-thirds of Australian organisations use artificialintelligence computer programs to recruit new staff. But Dr Natalie Sheard, a researcher with Melbourne Law School, found that there are serious risks that AI used to screen job applicants will discriminate against women, older applicants and minority groups, eliminating them as a prospect before a humanbeing gets a chance to even see their applications. Will it all end in a class action?

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