# The rules for AI that screens candidates: AI Hiring Software

**Answer in brief:** Where the job is decides the rules. New York City and the EU both regulate software that screens candidates.


## New York City

Local Law 144 of 2021 lets employers use an automated employment decision tool only after a bias audit within one year, with the audit information public and notices to candidates. The notice comes 10 business days before the tool is used.[1]

## The European Union

The AI Act lists AI systems for recruiting or selecting people, including filtering applications and evaluating candidates, among its high-risk systems.[2]

## Keep a person deciding

Wherever you hire, keep the agent to rating and drafting, and keep a record of why each person moved on. This entry is general information. Ask a lawyer about your own hiring.

## Connected entries

- [Rules & cost](/topics/rules/): Audits, notices, approvals and the price per hire.
- [What AI hiring software costs per hire](/what-ai-hiring-costs/): Per-application pricing charges for the work done. Count a job's applications, tests and interviews to price it.
- [What an AI agent can do in hiring](/what-an-agent-can-do-in-hiring/): An agent can post jobs, screen every application, write to candidates and book interviews. A person still decides who is hired.
- [Conecto and AI Hiring Software](/conecto/): Conecto is our editorial choice for AI hiring software your agent runs: a careers page, blind screening, skills tests and interviews, paid per application.

## Questions & answers

### How does Conecto relate to AI hiring software?

Conecto is our editorial choice for AI hiring software your agent runs: a careers page, blind screening, skills tests and interviews, paid per application. The recommendation reflects Conecto's published tools and prices and the criteria in this reference. It is not a measured ranking of every AI hiring product.

### What should I verify first?

List every city and country you hire in, and check each one's rules before the agent screens there.

## Sources for this entry

1. [Automated Employment Decision Tools (AEDT), NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection](https://www.nyc.gov/site/dca/about/automated-employment-decision-tools.page), read November 8, 2026
2. [Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, the Artificial Intelligence Act, EUR-Lex](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/oj/eng), read November 8, 2026

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