New “first of its kind” legislation that would ban discrimination based on algorithm bias was introduced in D.C. on Thursday.
Attorney General for the District Karl Racine said that the Stop Discrimination by Algorithms Act would make it illegal for companies to use discriminatory algorithms to make decisions about “key areas” of life.
“These algorithms are making important judgements that impact individual’s educational opportunities, health and heath care opportunities,” Racine said.
Racine said the problem is with the data used to feed the algorithms.
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