The European Union (EU), the economic and social policymaking entity representing some 27 member countries, has proposed a sweeping new regulation applicable to its member states that is intended to establish a uniform legal framework for “the development, marketing, and use of artificial intelligence (AI) in conformity with [EU] values.”
The proposed regulation, dubbed “Laying Down Harmonized Rules on Artificial Intelligence,” or the “Artificial Intelligence Act,” is applicable to a large swath of AI technology systems. Its applicability to AI systems used in the employment context, such as those that screen resumes or evaluate interview results, is mostly centered on requiring developers of these technologies to undergo a “conformity assessment” by the EU that demonstrates that their systems comply with “mandatory requirements for trustworthy AI” such as “data quality, documentation and traceability, transparency, human oversight, accuracy, and robustness,” in addition to implementing certain “quality and risk management systems” that “minimize risks for users and affected persons.”
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