: Biden administration regulators warn AI, employee surveillance tools could ‘turbocharge’ fraud and discrimination

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The Biden administration warned Tuesday that artificial intelligence and other emerging software tools could lead U.S. companies to violate civil rights and consumer protection laws.

The heads of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Federal Trade Commission and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued a joint statement stating that AI and other automated systems are regulated by existing laws meant to protect Americans against discrimination in the workplace…