WF-85CD52
Microsoft’s Algorithm Allegedly Selected Photo of the Wrong Mixed-Race Person Featured in a News Story
A news story published on MSN.com featured a photo of the wrong mixed-race person that was allegedly selected by an algorithm, following Microsoft’s layoff and replacement of journalists and editorial workers at its organizations with AI systems.
- Date it happened
- 2020-06-06
- Organisation involved
- Microsoft, MSN.com
- Product, system or model
- an AI editor for news articles
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