Algorithms trained largely on pale faces and male voices, for example, may be confused when they later try to interpret the speech of women or the appearance of darker complexions. This is believed to help explain why Google photo software confused photographs of people with dark skin with photographs of gorillas; Hewlett Packard webcams struggled to activate when pointing at people with dark skin tones; and Nikon cameras, programmed to retake photographs if they thought someone had blinked during the shot, kept retaking shots of people from China, Japan or Korea, mistaking the distinctively
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Pale voices and male voices
