Google's Sexist Algorithms Offer an Important Lesson in Diversity"
July 8, 2015 | Stacey Higginbotham, Fortune
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The smarter we make our machines, the more diverse we need to make our teams.
"Women Less Likely To Be Shown Ads for High-Paid Jobs on Google, Study Shows"
July 8, 2015 | Samuel Gibbs, The Guardian
Female job seekers are much less likely to be shown adverts on Google for highly paid jobs than men, researchers have found.
"Google's Ad System has Become Too Big to Control"
July 8, 2015 | Kevin Montgomery, Wired
Google is one of the most advanced search and advertising platforms on the Internet, but a research paper suggests the company may lack the ability to keep discriminatory and privacy policy-violating advertisements off its services.
"Google's Sexist Career Ads Recommend Higher-Paying Jobs to Men"
July 8, 2015 | Sophie Kleeman, Mic
Gender discrimination in the workplace is a well-documented phenomenon. But a new study suggests it's happening in new and unexpected ways — like in the ads shown to Internet users employing Google to help them find a job.
"Sexist Google Algorithm? Women Shown Fewer Ads For High-Paying Jobs, Study Finds"
July 7, 2015 | Nicole Jones, CBS SF Bay Area
It’s no secret: Google has long been tracking our Internet searches to generate customized ads based on our interests. But new findings from Carnegie Mellon University claim Google’s targeted ad algorithm is downright discriminatory, particularly for women.
"Google Ads Suggest Higher Paying Jobs to Men. Is the Algorithm Sexist?"
July 7, 2015 | Graham Starr, Christian Science Monitor
A new study shows that Google ads display more high-paying job ads to men than to women. How do we get human bias out of computer programs?
"Google's Algorithms Advertise Higher Paying Jobs to More Men than Women"
July 7, 2015 | James Vincent, The Verge
Ad-targeting algorithms created by Google could be guilty of discriminating between internet users, say researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and the International Computer Science Institute (ICSI).
"Google Found to Specifically Target Men Over Women When it Comes to High-Paid Job Adverts"
July 7, 2015 | Alistair Charlton, International Business Times
Google's advert platform is much more likely to show highly paid executive job vacancies to men than women, researchers have discovered. It is common knowledge that technology companies track our internet usage and display adverts based on what we look at and who they think we are, but little is known about how the complex algorithms actually work.
"Google’s Algorithm Shows Prestigious Job Ads to Men, but Not to Women. Here’s Why That Should Worry You."
July 6, 2015 | Julia Carpenter, Washington Post
Fresh off the revelation that Google image searches for “CEO” only turn up pictures of white men, there’s new evidence that algorithmic bias is, alas, at it again. In a paper published in April, a team of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University claim Google displays far fewer ads for high-paying executive jobs… if you’re a woman.
"Probing the Dark Side of Google’s Ad-Targeting System"
July 6, 2015 | Tom Simonite, MIT Tech Review
Researchers say Google’s ad-targeting system sometimes makes troubling decisions based on data about gender and other personal characteristics.