Amazon’s sexist AI recruiting tool: how did it go so wrong?

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Last year, Reuters broke the news that Amazon had been working on a secret AI recruiting tool that showed bias against women. I found it interesting as a case study of an AI project with broad implications for business people and machine learning professionals. After all, everyone has either hired or been hired at least once. We all have a stake in the recruiting game. Sadly, most…