Britain must urgently regulate how companies use artificial intelligence (AI) at work, unions said on Thursday, warning of widespread discrimination if the technology is left unchecked.

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) presents risks to equality, potentially embedding bias and discrimination. Auditing tools are often promised as a solution. However our new research, which examines tools for auditing AI used in recruitment, finds these tools are often inadequate in ensuring compliance with UK Equality Law, good governance and best practice. We argue in this report that a more comprehensive approach than technical auditing is needed to safeguard equality in the use of AI for hiring, which shapes access to work. Here, we present first steps which could be taken to achieve this. We also publish a prototype AI Equality Impact Assessment which we plan to develop and pilot.

Automated decision making threatens to disproportionately impact society’s most vulnerable communities living at the intersection of economic and social marginalization. The report discusses

Mapping a child's digital footprint across England's state education landscape. Policy recommendations for building a rights' respecting digital environment

Discusses harms of racial policing practices, potential effects of data driven technologies & opportunities for activism