California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a landmark AI law banning Golden State employers from relying solely on artificial intelligence to fire or discipline workers. SB 947, dubbed the No Robo Bosses Act, prevents businesses around the state from exclusively using "automated decision-making systems" in matters of employee discipline and termination. It also restricts their capacity to use AI as a principal tool in such decisions. Under the bill, employers that rely "primarily" on AI output to make termination or disciplinary decisions must now have a human reviewer corroborate those decisions using additional information, such as managerial evaluations, peer reviews, and personnel files.
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