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AI in hiring and promotion: Where efficiency creates legal risk

04/20/2026
For organizations that receive hundreds or even thousands of applicants per role, AI tools promise efficiency: faster résumé screening, automated candidate ranking and data-driven recommendations. But efficiency does not eliminate legal risk. In some cases, it redistributes it.

Senator introduces national AI bill

04/13/2026
Senator Marsha Blackburn has introduced a working draft, the TRUMP AMERICA AI Act, which would create a national artificial intelligence standard. It would also preempt all state laws on the same subject. Included are proposals that protect children from online exploitation and content creators from AI digital theft.

White House introduces AI framework

04/13/2026
While states are trying to prepare for the coming explosion of AI usage, putting guardrails in place for both workers and consumers, as well as children potentially impacted by the technology’s potential misuse, the White House has announced its own framework for regulating and growing AI development’s infrastructure.

Minnesota introduces legislation on AI displacement

04/13/2026
Study after study shows that workers worry they will soon be replaced by AI innovations that will effectively automate so many tasks that fewer workers will be required. The fear is palpable and state legislatures are now thinking of ways they can address these fears by softening the blow.

AI pushes HR toward proactive benefits strategy

04/06/2026
The 2026 Benefits Insights Report highlights a shift from “personalization” to what it calls “anticipatory intelligence.” The idea: Instead of responding after problems arise, HR teams can use real-time data and AI to identify confusion, risk and cost drivers earlier.

Plan ahead to fix AI workslop errors

03/16/2026
Dubbed AI workslop, errors appear almost as ubiquitous as AI tools themselves. What does it take to fix the errors that creep in? Should they even be fixed?

How to close the AI gap in hiring before it widens

03/02/2026
A new survey from talent solutions firm AMS cuts through the noise on AI in hiring and lands on an uncomfortable truth: Most organizations believe AI is mission-critical for talent acquisition, yet nearly half can’t agree internally on how to use it.

New York set to enact first AI law after Trump executive order

01/12/2026
On Dec. 11, President Trump signed an executive order on artificial intelligence aimed at promoting the United States as a global leader in AI development. Almost immediately after, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation that will establish new state rules on the development of AI models.

What 500 executives predict about AI and hiring in 2026

12/19/2025
The panic about AI stealing jobs might be overblown. According to a report from global employment platform G-P, 41% of U.S. executives believe AI will remove barriers and reduce the complexity of hiring and managing global teams in 2026—fundamentally changing how and where companies compete for talent. Only 22% think AI will replace too many jobs too quickly.

A new federal fight over AI rules lands on HR’s doorstep

12/15/2025
The federal government is heading for a showdown with states over who gets to shape the future of AI.