An artificial intelligence revolution is under way but it’s built with gender bias


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Open this photo in gallery: An AI sign at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, China, on July 6, 2023.Aly Song/Reuters Laura McGee is the founder of Diversio, a woman-founded AI startup focused on corporate inclusion and diversity. Jérôme Nycz is the executive vice-president of BDC Capital, the Business Development Bank of Canada’s investment arm and Canada’s most active venture capital investor. Canada stands at the threshold of a revolution in artificial intelligence. Experts agree we are witnessing the beginning of a secular trend on par with the advent of electricity and the internet. However, unlike these previous...