Recent and rapid artificial intelligence developments have captured public attention and much has been discussed around how organizations will need to prepare.

From an employment standpoint, the increasingly sophisticated potential for AI applications spans the entire employee lifecycle, from recruitment to onboarding, training and more.  
 
In the second report in our Workforce Redesign: Outlooks for Business Leaders series, we explore how businesses can responsibly address evolving AI risk in the context of recruitment and empower a more diverse and engaged workforce. Key considerations include:

  • Critical blind spots in HR and hiring tools oversight as it relates to the use AI.
  • Discrimination and data privacy concerns in the application of AI throughout the recruitment process.
  • The importance of establishing your “AI mindset” across initiatives to withstand rapid change and addressing AI-specific risk areas.

Read the article today to confidently plan for what’s next for your workforce.

More articles coming soon! Our Workforce Redesign: Outlooks for Business Leaders series spans the key areas of change that are shaping the modern workforce, including: responsible AI in HR, the future of flexible work and the war for talent. Visit our hub for all of the insights on this topic to date, with more content coming soon!

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Adam Aft helps global companies navigate the complex issues regarding intellectual property, data, and technology in product counseling, technology, and M&A transactions. He leads the Firm's North America Technology Transactions group and co-leads the group globally. Adam regularly advises a range of clients on transformational activities, including the intellectual property, data and data privacy, and technology aspects of mergers and acquisitions, new product and service initiatives, and new trends driving business such as platform development, data monetization, and artificial intelligence.

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Danielle is the Founder and global head of Baker McKenzie's Machine Learning Practice, an industry-leading venture that combines the Firm's legal domain expertise with advanced data science and machine learning.

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Elizabeth Denham CBE, joined Baker McKenzie as International Consultant, Data and Tech in 2022. She has over 15 years' experience as a data protection regulator in four jurisdictions. She was most recently the Information Commissioner for the UK (2016-2021) . During her tenure in the UK she also chaired the Global Privacy Assembly, which brings together more than 130 data protection authorities around the world - the premier global forum for data protection. She is recognized as a leader in enabling responsible data use by government and the commercial sector, and for implementing the GDPR into UK law. She tackled some of the most complex issues facing the digital economy, including the use of data in political campaigns, the use of live facial recognition technologies in the commercial and police sectors, and the transparent and fair use of analytics and AI. She is passionate about the protection of children online, ethical and accountable use of health data, and supporting companies to embed data protection and security into their services and offerings.

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Paul Evans is the New York and East Coast leader for the Employment & Compensation Practice Group, residing in Baker McKenzie's New York office.

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Julia Wilson is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Employment & Compensation team in London. She advises senior legal and HR stakeholders on a range of employment and data protection matters.