Closing the Gender Gap in STEM is No Longer Optional

Digital assistants like Siri are used in most of our daily lives. But their design often mirrors unsettling biases. Until 2019, the female-voiced Siri, when users directed offensive comments like “You’re a slut” at the female-voiced assistant, it would respond, “I’d blush if I could.” The algorithm was subsequently adjusted, but the problem persists: even as Read More