Bigotry in the Machine: Study Finds Bias in AI - HCM Technology Report

The workforce that develops artificial intelligence products is in "a diversity crisis," says a new report. As a result, algorithms behind the technology are usually biased themselves. According to Discriminating Systems, a report from NYU's AI Now Institute, the employees of companies building AI solutions are, as in most of the technology sector, largely male and white. At Google, for example, women comprise just 10 percent of the AI research staff while the company's overall workforce is just 2.5 percent black. Facebook and Microsoft don't do much better: 4 percent of their employees are black, the report said.