Bias

AI-powered Siri, Cortana, Alexa and other virtual assistants have a gender bias problem

As research has shown, there is a critical link between the development of AI systems which display gender bias and the lack of women in teams that design them.

Immigrants with anglicised names face less bias than those with ethnic names

Many immigrants voluntarily change their name from their ethnic names to fit into a new community.

#MeToo never set out to be balanced; movement aimed at making us confront biases on sexual violence and consent

#MeToo cannot be balanced because it is finally voicing centuries of sexual violence against people who have been silenced and essentially stripped of their humanity.

Amazon scraps a secret recruiting tool that used machine-learning for gender bias

Amazon's machine-learning specialists uncovered a problem: the recruiting engine didn't like women.

Texas teacher calls police after 6-yr-old boy with Down Syndrome says 'Allah' in class; father alleges discrimination

A six-year-old Muslim boy with Down syndrome was feared as a terrorist by his teacher in a US school after he kept repeating 'Allah' and 'boom' in his classroom, a media report said. Mohammad Suleiman was born with Down Syndrome and he has intellectual difficulties, according to his father.

Monika Ghurde's murder coverage highlights cruel biases in Indian media

The Indian media needs a masterclass on how to cover murders without adding sleaze and violating the dignity of the dead, and damaging the sanctity of a crime scene

Facebook offers 'political bias' training to employees

Facebook has started offering "Political Bias" training to its employees to address the concerns that were raised during the trending topics controversy where the social media giant was accused to systematic bias towards conservatives.

If I was African, I would be scared to live in India: What Masonda's murder tells us

This is how racist we are. We deem it perfectly fine to barge into a person's home just because they are dark-skinned.

Facebook drops news outlet input in 'trending topics' review

Facebook says it is dropping its reliance on news outlets to help determine what gets posted as a "trending topic" on the giant social network, a move adopted after a backlash over a report saying it suppressed conservative views.

French Open 2016: Nick Kyrgios blasts 'biased umpiring' in angry Roland Garros row