AI Hiring Tool's Unintended Bias Against Candidates

An AI hiring tool rejected a perfect candidate because she didn't play sports.

A tech company built an AI to sort resumes, training it on their best employees, who were mostly

military vets. The AI learned that a common trait among these successful employees was a

history of playing sports. So, it started automatically rejecting anyone

without athletic experience. A highly qualified applicant who used a wheelchair and

had no sports on her resume was instantly tossed out. The AI wasn't programmed to be biased,

it just learned to connect sports with "good fit," creating a totally unexpected form

of discrimination.