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Microsoft workers say it’s making progress on diversity

On November 12, 2019 by Michelle Turner With 0 Comments - Tech

Microsoft's push for greater diversity in its workforce appears to be paying off, and it's not just the company's management saying so this time. The tech giant's 2019 Diversity and Inclusion report offers the first public glimpse at Microsoft's Incl…
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Google employee behind ‘echo chamber’ diversity memo fired

On August 8, 2017 by Michelle Turner With 0 Comments - Tech

Over the weekend, a Google employee's internally-shared 10-page document attacking a supposed "echo chamber" around diversity and inclusion went viral. Now, Bloomberg reports — based on an email from the employee himself — that the author of the me…
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AI can have trouble recognizing diversity and MIT research is finding out why

On January 20, 2017 by Michelle Turner With 0 Comments - Tech

According to MIT research, facial recognition programs don’t recognize minorities as often as they do Caucasian faces and it’s likely because the photos used to train the artificial intelligence were limited.

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Google’s latest diversity report shows very slow progress

On July 1, 2016 by Michelle Turner With 0 Comments - Tech

Google has released its latest diversity report, showing slow progress, but progress nonetheless. Google is quick to highlight that these numbers do not reflect where the company wants to be.

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