Now even the U.N. is worried about sexism in voice assistants

The U.N. is not here for Siri's sexist jokes.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has published an in-depth report about how women, girls, and the world as a whole, lose when technical education and the tech sector exclude women. 

Within the report is a razor-sharp section about the phenomenon of gendered A.I. voice assistants, like Siri or Alexa. The whole report is titled "I'd blush if I could," a reference to the almost flirtatious response Siri would give a user if they said, "Hey Siri, you're a bitch." (Apple changed the voice response in April 2019). Read more...

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