Twitter launches investigations as one of the algorithms may have racist prejudice

Twitter launches investigations as one of the algorithms may have racist prejudice

Twitter has started investigating after users of this social network found that the photo-cut algorithm sometimes prefers white faces to black faces. Users noted that when two pictures of one black face and the other of the white face were on the same post, Twitter often appeared only [...]

Users noted that when two pictures of one black face and the other of the white face were in the same post, Twitter often appeared only on the phone.

Twitter said it had tested the algorithm if it had gender or racial trends during its development, the BBC writes, translates Periscopi.

But then he added: “It is clear that we have to do more tests. ”

The case became a contract when a university manager, Colin Madland, was trying to understand why his colleague's head had disappeared while using the Zoom videoconference app.

The software seems to have incorrectly identified its black head as part of the background and erased it.

But when Mr. Madland posted this problem on Twitter, found that his face, not his colleague's, is constantly resolved on the phone app. /Periscope

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