Microsoft Announces Tool To Catch Biased AI Because We Keep Making Biased AI

Microsoft is the latest tech company to try and tackle algorithmic bias — that is, artificial intelligence that was fed subpar data and came to mirror society’s own prejudices or unfair perspectives. The company wants to create a tool that will detect and alert people to AI algorithms that may be treating them based on their race or gender, according to MIT Technology Review.
It’s great that Microsoft, which touts itself as a company that creates AI to bring people together, is