Including persons with disabilities in the development of new technologies and AI – possibilities, challenges, risks and opportunities

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Summary

The opinion would aim to assess the impact of  new technologies and AI both in terms of facilitating the inclusion of people with disabilities but also as potential cause of discrimination, namely  through the use of AI algorithms in the area of employee assessment and recruitment, as well as in the area of customer positioning and selection for the needs of commercial companies from the banking and insurance sector.