AI-Powered ‘Genderify’ Platform Shut Down After Bias-Based Backlash

Author: N/A; Publisher: Synced; Publication Year: 2020. The following news article talks about Genderify, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tool designed to identify a person’s gender by analyzing their name, username or email address — has been completely shut down. Genderify was met with fervent criticism on Twitter, with many decrying what they saw as built-in biases. Entering the word “scientist”…