Accenture to launch new tool to help customers identify and fix unfair bias in AI algorithms

Accenture, a professional services company, will soon launch a new tool aimed at helping its customers find unfair bias in AI algorithms. Once such unfair bias is discovered, reps for the company have told the press, they can be removed. As scientists and engineers continue to improve AI technology, more companies are using AI-based tools to conduct business. Using AI applications to process credit applications is becoming routine, for example. But there has a been a concern that such applications might have biases built in, which produce results that could be construed as unfair.