U.S. law enforcement agencies seek to combat AI bias

U.S. law enforcement officials said Tuesday they are determined to fight discrimination and bias stemming from the use of artificial intelligence in areas such as lending, housing and hiring, amid the growing adoption of automated systems such as ChatGPT that has drawn attention from the U.S. government.

“Our nation’s civil rights laws do not have immunity for new technology,” Rohit Chopra, head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), said on a call with reporters. The use of these tools must be held accountable.”

Chopra and officials from the Justice Department, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission pointed to the risk of bias in AI, while also saying they were investing in humans resources to keep up with the proliferation of new uses for AI tools. Microsoft (Microsoft…