UW study: Politically persuasive AI chatbots offer potential benefits — and worrying influence If you’ve faced the frustrating challenge of trying to pull a friend or family member with opposing political views into… Read More
AI overwhelmingly prefers white and male job candidates in new test of resume-screening bias As employers increasingly use digital tools to process job applications, a new study from the University of Washington highlights the… Read More
Women are ‘abrasive,’ Asian men ‘brilliant’: Report reveals bias in workplace feedback Textio, an augmented writing platform, has completed a review of written, job performance feedback from more than 25,000 employees at… Read More
UW’s Os Keyes takes on tech’s ethical challenges, from gender bias in AI to facial recognition A PhD candidate with the University of Washington’s Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering, Os Keyes researches the ethical… Read More
Policing AI: Is it a task for government, industry, consumers or all of the above? It may not yet be clear how societies will guard against the potential downside of artificial intelligence — including algorithmic… Read More
Workplace consulting firm Diverse City eyes L.A. expansion as founder shares Seattle frustrations Cheryl Ingram looks forward to the day when she’s put out of business. As the founder of the consulting firm… Read More
Here’s what the pay gap really looks like: Glassdoor reveals new insights on gender bias and tech jobs Women make 76 cents for every dollar men earn. This frequently cited statistic points to a galling discrimination problem in… Read More
‘Gender inequity? Not at my company’: Tech workers deluding themselves on pay gap, new study finds Exceptionalism — the idea that as an individual or society we’re separate (and better) than our peers — is a… Read More
