The Regulatory Review: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, and Andy Podgurski, professor of computer and data sciences, wrote about the potential for unintentional discrimination from AI tools in healthcare settings—which may violate federal civil rights laws and a provision of the Affordable Care Act. They proposed the U.S. Congress amend these statutes to allow individuals to sue manufacturers or providers directly when they encounter discrimination that stems from algorithmic tools.
