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When Your AI Recruiter Rejects Based on Your Commute
Episode 37 of AI Ethics with Fexingo explores a hidden bias in hiring algorithms: using estimated commute distance as a proxy for job stability or socioeconomic status. Lucas and Luna dissect a 2025 Stanford study that found AI recruitment tools penalized applicants from lower-income neighborhoods by flagging longer commutes as a risk factor—even when those candidates were more qualified. They discuss the legal implications under the EEOC's 2024 guidance on algorithmic fairness, the difficulty of auditing black-box models for proxy discrimination, and why removing commute data alone isn't a…
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