Jersey City councilmembers will vote Wednesday on a law that would ban landlords from using sophisticated rent algorithm software that renters’ advocates say uses artificial intelligence to drive up apartment prices. If adopted, the measure would be the first of its kind in the Garden State.
Councilmember James Solomon said he introduced the ordinance in part because a bill for a statewide ban on the use of artificial intelligence has languished in the Legislature for the past eight months.
“We felt we couldn’t wait any longer,” he said…