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Genderify

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Incident 1153 Report
Genderify’s AI to Predict a Person’s Gender Revealed by Free API Users to Exhibit Bias

2020-07-28

A company's AI predicting a person's gender based on their name, email address, or username was reported by its users to show biased and inaccurate results.

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Genderify customers

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 115
    3 Reports

    Genderify’s AI to Predict a Person’s Gender Revealed by Free API Users to Exhibit Bias

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gender minority groups

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 115
    3 Reports

    Genderify’s AI to Predict a Person’s Gender Revealed by Free API Users to Exhibit Bias

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