Is Facebook Doing Enough To Stop Racial Bias In AI?

After recently announcing Equity and Inclusion teams to investigate racial bias across their ... [ ] platforms, and undergoing an advertising boycott over alleged racial discrimination, is Facebook doing enough to tackle racial bias? Racial bias is a deeply rooted, insidious problem in our society, and that prejudice has already leaked into many of the algorithms we use today. With Facebook recently announcing their intention to "investigate" racial bias in their algorithms, the question arises about the role of Big Tech in perpetuating racially discriminatory AI - and what benefit they might receive by sitting on the fence at a time when the anti-racism movement is stronger than ever. As we put more trust in AI to make decisions for us, and data becomes increasingly intertwined with our daily lives, is it just a political move to simply investigate bias or improve diversity if algorithms continue to make racially biased decisions? Bias is an inherent problem to AI, particularly in the deep learning systems that power digital assistants, search engines and social media.