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Last month, Facebook’s parent company, Meta, unveiled a new artificial intelligence advisory council — 

For some in the tech industry, it was no surprise. Women and 

 are still vastly under-represented in tech. Just 

As AI becomes more accessible and widely adopted across industries, it raises questions about how these biases will play out. Will a technology written by a small group of people have the same biases as its creators?

MPR News guest host Chris Farrell and his guests talked about why the gender gap is so persistent and its implications for the tech industry and the effectiveness of AI.

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As AI becomes more accessible and widely adopted across industries, it raises questions about how these biases will play out. Will a technology written by a small group of people have the same biases as its creators?


The tech industry’s gender gap and what it means for AI

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The tech industry’s gender gap and what it means for AI

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