This Week in Tech, Race, and Gender - DINT 133

A top tech titan denounces Elon Musk. The FTC cracks down on AI companies’ false diversity claims. And Black-owned Gig Wage rises from the ashes of a partner’s bankruptcy.

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Turns out it’s not okay to say your facial recognition tool is free of racial and gender bias. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued facial recognition vendor IntelliVision with a consent order to cease promoting its product as bias-free. Reason: The company has no proof this claim is true.

This isn’t the FTC’s first facial recognition…