Claims AI Can Boost Workplace Diversity Are 'Spurious and Dangerous'
Study demonstrates how random changes in clothing or lighting give radically different personality readings from AI
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Study demonstrates how random changes in clothing or lighting give radically different personality readings from AI
Recent years have seen the emergence of AI tools marketed as an answer to lack of diversity in the workforce, from use of chatbots and CV scrapers to line up
Can AI really reduce sexism and racism in the workplace? Cambridge researchers said no. In recent years, there has been an increase in the usage of AI tools that are advertised as a solution to the lack of diversity in the workforce.
Researchers from the University of Cambridge found that during video interviews, AI favours people sitting in front of bookshelves, people wearing headscarves, and those without glasses.
Cambridge University found AI recruitment software discriminated against candidates for spurious reasons like their home decor