Google AI will no longer use gender labels like 'woman' or 'man' on images of people to avoid bias

A Google AI tool that can recognize objects in pictures will no longer attach gender labels like "woman" or "man" to images of people. Google's Cloud Vision API is used by developers to analyze what's in an image, identifying anything from brand logos to faces to landmarks. Google emailed Cloud Vision API customers on Thursday morning stating that it won't use labels that pertain to gender because you can't deduce someone's gender by their appearance alone.
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