A well-known hiring tool preferred male candidates to female ones because of algorithms .
A well-known hiring tool preferred male candidates to female ones because of algorithms . A research led by the Open University of Catalonia (UOC) and with the participation of researchers from the University of Valencia (UV), the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV) and the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), among other centres, proposes measures to eliminate gender bias in Internet algorithms. Among others, that the people involved in creating an algorithm know the measures that can be taken to minimise possible biases and apply them. The research has been published in the Algorithms magazine. Rivers of ink have been written about whether internet algorithms have a gender bias. A new study tries to reach a conclusion on the question, given that they consider that until now, the debate has been far from a scientific analysis. "This article addresses gender bias from a mathematical perspective and also from a sociological one.
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