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Startup's Accent Translation AI Denounced as Reinforcing Racial Bias
A startup’s use of AI voice technology to alter or remove accents for call center agents was scrutinized by critics as reaffirming bias, despite the company’s claim.
- Date it happened
- 2021-08-15
- Organisation involved
- Sanas
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