PYMNTS.com October 11, 2024
Auditing has a role in preventing, investigating, monitoring and remedying algorithmic bias in artificial intelligence (AI), technologists and researchers from federal agency civil rights offices said during a meeting held Wednesday (Oct. 9).
The meeting was convened by the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division to promote the coordination of AI and civil rights, the department said in a readout of the event that was released Friday (Oct. 11).
“Auditing is used to verify that algorithms generate accurate results, as opposed to reflecting historical bias against protected classes,” the readout said.
The meeting’s participants also discussed their recent developments in enforcement, policy initiatives, rulemaking, education and outreach related to safeguarding civil rights, according to the readout.
These include a Federal Trade...