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AI hiring tool auto-rejected older applicants

iTutorGroup · 2023

Organisation
iTutorGroup
Year
2023
Failure mode
Age discrimination
Severity
critical
Domain
Employment, HR & recruitment
Agentic
Yes — an AI system acting, not just advising
Source
EEOC settlement, 2023

What happened

Recruiting software automatically rejected applicants over an age threshold; EEOC settlement.

What would have prevented it

Bias audit + ADEA/ADA review + human review of rejections

Requirements this maps to

Editorial cross-reference from our prevention note — it is not a finding that any law was breached.