Automated Employment Decision Tool (AEDT) is an AI tool used to substantially assist or replace hiring, screening, or promotion decisions about candidates or employees.
Automated Employment Decision Tool (AEDT), an AI tool used to substantially assist or replace hiring, screening, or promotion decisions about candidates or employees.
The term comes from New York City's Local Law 144, which requires employers using an AEDT to commission an independent bias audit, publish a summary of the results, and notify candidates. It is one of the first operative US laws to put concrete process obligations on the use of AI in employment.
Source: NYC Local Law 144
The term comes from New York City's Local Law 144, which requires employers using an AEDT to commission an independent bias audit, publish a summary of the results, and notify candidates. It is one of the first operative US laws to put concrete process obligations on the use of AI in employment.
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