Fairwords claims to prevent workplace harassment with AI, but the reality is more complicated

Did you miss a session at the Data Summit? Harassment in the workplace affects employees of all backgrounds, genders, sexualities, and ethnicities -- but disproportionately those in under-represented groups. A 2018 survey by Stop Street Harassment showed that 81% of women have been harassed in their lifetime. And according to a UCLA School of Law study, half of LGBTQ workers have faced job discrimination at some point in their careers. Work-from-home arrangements during the pandemic haven't slowed or reversed the trend -- in fact, they've accelerated it.