New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin announced new guidance that the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) applies to algorithmic discrimination.
LAD prohibits discrimination based on protected characteristics like race, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, and gender identity.
Employers, housing providers, and places of public accommodation using automated decision-making tools that result in discriminatory decisions would violate LAD.
The guidance encourages companies to carefully design, test, and evaluate AI systems to avoid producing discriminatory impacts.