Now even the U.N. is worried about sexism in voice assistants
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The U.N. is not here for Siri's sexist jokes.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has published an in-depth report about how women, girls, and the world as a whole, lose when technical education and the tech sector exclude women.
Within the report is a razor-sharp section about the phenomenon of gendered A.I. voice assistants, like Siri or Alexa. The whole report is titled "I'd blush if I could," a reference to the almost flirtatious response Siri would give a user if they said, "Hey Siri, you're a bitch." (Apple changed the voice response in April 2019). Read more...
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