Could AI fire you? California senator says it’s already happening

alifornia is putting new limits on artificial intelligence in the workplace, with Gov. Gavin Newsom signing legislation that prevents employers from relying solely on automated systems to fire or discipline workers. The protections come as AI plays a growing role in workplace management decisions.

The No Robo Bosses Act, SB 947, was authored by Democratic state Sen. Jerry McNerney of Pleasanton. The first-in-the-nation measure requires human involvement when employers use automated decision systems to make disciplinary or termination decisions.

“You don’t want machines making decisions about human beings without some sort of human interaction, without a human being in the loop,” McNerney told NewsNation. “We shouldn’t let automated decision-making systems fire people without a human being approving that or guiding that decision in some way.”

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