Algorithmic Accountability Act Will Force Companies to Check for Coded Bias

Democratic Senators have introduced a bill that would require companies to check for bias in algorithms. Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (D-N.Y.) introduced the Algorithmic Accountability Act, which will ask the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to require companies to evaluate “highly sensitive auto…