A former exec says Google once pulled the plug on videoconferencing tech because it couldn't identify people of color (GOOG, GOOGL)
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- Former Google executive Diane Bryant said during a presentation on Tuesday that she had first-hand knowledge about video-conferencing technology that Google had to "pull back" because it couldn't identify people of color.
- Bryant suggested that the problem stemmed from a lack of diversity among the people who built the tech.
- While some of Google's top execs have warned about the problem of bias in creating algorithms, the company has created software in the past that was allegedly racially biased.
- Bryant told the gathering of IT professionals: "Diversity is a fact. Inclusion is a choice."
Google once had to “pull back” video-conferencing software for employees because of the technology's inability to accurately identify people of color, Google cloud executive Diane Bryant said on Tuesday.
Bryant, Google cloud’s former COO before departing in July after barely more than half a year, also suggested that the problem with the technology was at least partially caused by a lack of diversity among the people who build it. See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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