Women Not Included: Artificial Intelligence
In a world not designed for women, AI reveals its hidden gender biases.
Why does your smart speaker struggle more with some voices than others? And what does that simple fact reveal about the hidden biases inside the technology we use every day?
Dr Ella Hubber and journalist Katie Silver unpack how artificial intelligence is far from neutral, and why that matters. They speak to experts who reveal how some AI is trained with bad data and how it can often reflect the same inequalities found in society be that in voice assistants, hiring tools, or translation apps.
As awareness grows, they also ask what change can look like. Better training, better regulation, and the technologies shaping our future working fairly for everyone.
Presenter: Ella Hubber
Contributor: Katie Silver
Producer: Ella Hubber
Editor: Ilan Goodman
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- Mon 17 Aug 202619:32GMTBBC World Service
- Tue 18 Aug 202604:32GMTBBC World Service Australasia, Americas and the Caribbean, South Asia & East Asia only
- Tue 18 Aug 202612:32GMTBBC World Service Australasia, East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa only
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