discriminatory

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Illinois prohibits using AI in hiring decisions with discriminatory outcomes—a reasonable goal—but defines AI so broadly that nearly any recommendation system, including statistical methods that go back centuries, may be implicated.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

The organisation maintains that the policy is "unfair and discriminatory" and that the decision reflects "a fundamental misunderstanding of Freemasonry as it is today".

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

County officials have said it will fully cooperate with the attorney general’s investigation, but emphasized that no reviews up to this point “have found any discriminatory or structural bias in the county’s response.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2026

Regulators have repeatedly warned against opaque algorithms and discriminatory pricing, and consumer trust remains fragile.

From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026

Courts also had rejected claims that crack sentencing laws were racially discriminatory, largely on the grounds that the Supreme Court’s decision in McCleskey v.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander