Tutoring firm settles US agencys first bias lawsuit involving AI software

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REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File photo Aug 10 (Reuters) - A China-based tutoring company has agreed to settle a U.S. government agencys novel lawsuit claiming it used hiring software powered by artificial intelligence to illegally weed out older job applicants. ITutorGroup agreed to pay $365,000 to more than 200 job applicants allegedly passed over because of their age, according to a joint filing made in New York federal court on Wednesday. ITutorGroup, a unit of Ping An Insurance Group Co of China (601318.SS), did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Many worker advocates and policymakers are concerned about the potential for existing biases to be baked into AI software, even unintentionally. In a pending proposed class action in California federal court, Workday (WDAY.O) is accused of designing hiring software used by scores of large companies that screens out Black, disabled and older applicants.

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