We also needed more companies stepping up to check their AI products with algorithmic audits. The final component of the #DecodeTheBias campaign was an audit of Olay’s Skin Advisor tool. When I was first asked to audit the tool, I warned the team that given everything I had learned about how it was developed there was a high chance we would find unflattering bias. I also did not want to be part of conducting an audit where the final results could not be made public. The Olay team did not back down. “If we find bias in our tool, we will do what it takes to fix it.” I asked, “What if it cannot
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