Disney is using AI developed by Geena Davis to correct gender bias and lack of inclusivity in scripts

It's no secret that Disney films of yore had been plagued with racism and sexism. The company's movies have gotten more progressive in recent years --see Brave, Frozen, and Moana--but there's still lots more work to do. And now, Disney has pledged to tackle diversity in storytelling and gender bias with a little help from AI. The company has teamed up with Geena Davis and her Institute on Gender in Media to use GD-IQ: Spellcheck for Bias (Geena Davis Inclusion Quotient), a tool that analyzes TV and movie scripts to track gender and other biases. The software, codeveloped by the University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering, evaluates the number of male and female characters, how many characters are part of the LGBTQIA community, how many people of color are included, and how many disabled people are represented.