San Francisco Examiner

By Troy Wolverton

The BSA agrees that developers of automated systems should be examining and managing the risks represented by such systems, said Craig Albright, the group’s senior vice president for U.S. government relations. 

But the focus should be on systems being used in high-risk situations, such as determining whether a citizen or consumer receives an important service or benefit, he said. AB 1018 would go well beyond that and could apply to seemingly innocuous systems, such as ones that help physicians schedule appointments, Albright said. 

The legislation also fails to take into account the software development process, where there are not always clear lines between developers and deployers, he said. Although these kinds of systems can be modified or customized at several points along the way between the initial developer and the organization using them, AB 1018 would put much of the burden of testing them for problems on the original developer, he said.

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