Google announced today that it's making use of a more inclusive data model as part of its effort to make its services work equally well across a wide range of human skin tones
Google announced Wednesday that it is making use of a more inclusive data model as part of its effort to make its services work equally well across a wide range of human skin tones.: Google is the front door to the internet, and every step it takes towards more equitable products affects billions of people.: Google says it has begun using the Monk Skin Tone Scale, developed by Harvard professor Ellis Monk, as a guide to evaluate its products.
"It’s much more representative," said Tulsee Doshi, head of product on Google's responsible AI and product inclusion team.The company has started using the scale within its own products. Among the first instances are in image search, where it is used in options for selecting makeup, and in Google Photos filters.
A great deal of basic technology, including much of photography, was designed with white users in mind. Google, along with a number of other tech companies, is finally starting to try to unwind some of that history., first detailed by Axios, aims to address the legacy of film cameras whose chemical processes were optimized for properly developing images with lighter skin tones, a legacy that continued into the digital era.
With the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro smartphones, released last year, Google has been heavily touting its Real Tone feature, aimed at better capturing darker skin tones.Tech's bias problems go far beyond skin tone. Doshi acknowledges that there is a lack of diversity of images on the internet.The Web itself has had a history of bias in terms of who we take photos of, who we publish," Doshi said.
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