Lawsuit calls out AI hiring practices that many employers use

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  • Key insight: The use of AI to screen job candidates, a common practice among banks and other companies, is under fire for silently blacklisting qualified candidates.
  • What’s at stake: Hiring transparency failures could trigger legal, reputational and compliance costs for employers.
  • Expert quote: “AI hiring must follow existing fairness, transparency laws.” —David Seligman, Towards Justice.

Erin Kistler has a computer science degree from Ohio State University, was a program manager at Microsoft for nearly six years and has 19 years’ experience working in product management, including in AI, data management systems and user experience technology.

Penny Crosman
Executive Editor, Technology at Arizent

Penny Crosman is Executive Editor, Technology at American Banker. She is based in New York. She guides technology coverage at American Banker and other Arizent brands. She also hosts the American … Read full bio


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