How Small Businesses Can Help Build More Equitable A.I.

Failing to include a diverse group of people when developing A.I. has serious risks, and leaders of tech companies can play an outsize role in solving the issue. Angle Bush, the founder of Black Women in A.I, which provides Black women in tech with mentorship and educational programs, recently explained the severity of the situation during an interview with NPR. In the segment, Bush pointed to a case where a 43-year-old Black man in Detroit was wrongfully arrested on a shoplifting charge in 2020 because of inaccurate facial recognition software.