AnalysisPolicyJune 23, 2026

AI hiring tools discriminate against 26% of Black applicants in large-scale study

A study tracking 4 million applications across 150 employers found 26% of Black and 15% of Asian applicants faced AI-driven racial bias per the EEOC's four-fifths rule. If minority candidates had been recommended at the same rate, 40,000 more applications would have advanced.

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