artificial intelligence to help them objective way to is the best candidate but does taking the human out of human resources actually work elizabeth layman and multi audience schmidt report. these people all have at least one thing in common they're considered attractive by conventional standards. in a beauty contest held by the mobile beauty dot ai the finalists were chosen by an all robot jury the results guaranteed to be objective. over 6000 selfies were submitted from all over the world. but surprisingly nearly all of the winners were white. it turns out the artificial intelligence was trained using data from central europe and wasn't good at assessing faces from elsewhere. join bolam wienie is one of the leading ai researchers. she's sounding the alarm about

serious discrimination. we really have to think about widespread mysterious and destructive algorithms that are increasingly being used to make decisions that impact more aspects of our lives so who gets hired or fired you get that loan do you get insurance or you admitted into the college that you wanted to get into. recruiting new staff a number of firms in germany using ai software that analyzes the applicant's voice body language and word usage. companies like hire of you claim this makes recruiting more objective promoting diversity and gender equality but experts like lorraine seem are skeptical she analyzed $38.00 recruitment tools on behalf of the german government. a lot of this technology as based on theories that are disputed by sociologists and psychologists. and

some of the theories were actually did bunty long ago and. i'm talking about concepts like the big 5. the. big 5. the big 5 personality traits are openness conscientiousness extroversion agreeableness and emotional stability the i software puts candidates in these boxes and draws conclusions about their capabilities agreeable to us for example is seen as inconsistent with management skills the software includes empathy in that box women in particular may be very empathetic so the software assumes there unsuitable for management positions plus the big 5 traits are based on european and north american societies in asia on the other hand diligence is valued more highly the software disregards that. the european union uses one such tool cameo for korean staff but for now it's leaving the ai function deactivated.

as much. i think we 1st need to take a broader look at the use of software that's designed to evaluate people. and ask ourselves whether that's even possible that this technology that. is. a lot of them are essentially unethical and unscientific. and they shouldn't even be on the market if this you know isn't childish and i'm just kind of shocked and mocked and hear more and more software is being used worldwide. we can start thinking about how we create more inclusive code and employ inclusive coding practices relief starts with people are we creating full spectrum teams with diverse individuals who can check each other's blind spots on the technical side are we factoring in fairness as we're developing systems we now have the

opportunity to unlock even greater equality if we make social change a priority and not an afterthought. but evaluating people more fairly clearly involve a much more complex process and that would cost the ai developers more money. now with or without artificial intelligence employers are going to have to face up to the diversity that comprises modern societies and to their credit many of them are making a real effort to better reflect the differences in the wider world within their organizations take. itself while we have over 60 different countries represented but is that true or i have a chapter. women and men young and old people of various ethnic backgrounds with different religions and worldviews different sexual orientations with and without disabilities the don't develop team in berlin

is a colorful mix. i wanted to know how does it work at other companies how big a variety is there and how do the bosses deal with it. and that i'm on this t.v. commercial for germany's 2nd biggest mail order group is also making a statement about openness and tolerance. it's a vision of a corporate culture that excepts people for who they are. that may be every day life for workers and auto these days. but it wasn't always like that. even in germany in 2025 from uncontroversial that we run ads featuring homosexuals and we get hateful comments online sometimes really disgusting hurtful remarks we just have to accept it and we make

a conscious decision to do that and i think it's important that we do accept it because sometimes showing this attitude can help you endure. bad time could never work in a company where he has to keep his sexuality a secret. he set up an elegy bt q. network where employees can exchange ideas and find support many people are afraid to come out according to a recent study every 3rd. person in germany experiences discrimination at work. let's say i'm not out and a colleague asks me about it then i only have 2 options i can lie or i can be forced to reveal my sexuality. that's why it's so important for a company regardless of its diversity management policy to create a corporate culture that promotes openness and diversity. we lived through all catalogs from the seventy's to the ninety's. a time when you

couldn't order fashion on line. almost all female and male models are white caucasians. if you look here all of these models are one type of person they're basically all white women of the i don't know about you but when i look at it from today's perspective it's a distorted picture of the world. things look very different today any company trying to sell products to the general public has to take social diversity into account. it's often difficult for homosexuals or transsexual men or women to find work but more and more companies are hiring at special john ferris like sticks and stones in berlin. and stewart cameron was one of the fair organizers he knows from personal experience what discrimination

feels like the o.e.c.d. estimates that a candidate's chances drop by 50 percent if it's their peepers. that discrimination is mostly very in direct for example you don't get invited to certain meetings or you don't get the promotion you're in line for or you don't even get invited in the 1st place. it was the same with me when it came out that i was gay and it was really remarkable to see how colleagues suddenly started to become more distant my car suddenly got scratched in the company parking lot. so it was very important for me to find out which companies out there really don't care who backed me if i have a problem who can i turn to and do i truly believe that this company believes in this is. using his experience he started his own

business and now advises companies on how they can better address diversity issues . in germany as a.p. is considered a model company on matters of diversity there are workers from 118 countries at the software company's headquarters. different cultures ways of thinking and styles of communication meet here. diversity needs to be managed or otherwise there could be problems. ahead of personnel was forced to flee afghanistan for germany as a 14 year old on his own. today he's responsible for over 20000 workers. from the company's point of view openness to diversity means locating the best challenge for the respective job in the respective team we have these talents everywhere they're not only white or german but could be indian male homosexual

acts at aurora if you only look at the specific requirements of a job a diverse team automatically emerges with. large companies can benefit from an open corporate culture mixed teams often achieve better results precisely because they have a harder time together. i think we have to do it because it's the right thing to do because the world has different says they are going to have to accept. we've also noticed that teens are more innovative when they don't all come from the same pot metaphorically speaking. in about 2 dozen i lost in flight. but of course this also applies in recruitment if when more openness employers and were more attractive option right that's why it's not just an end in itself but it's also a good fit and has quantifiable advantages for corporate success but even.

allowing diversity in a company is a challenge which ultimately. and that's all for this edition of major studio we use business magazine whoever you are wherever you come from thanks for watching c.n.n. .

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the u.s. capitol. and india sees another record rise in covert 19 deaths as overcrowded hospitals turn sick people away or hear from some of the volunteers fighting to fill the gaps and saved lives. i'm told me a lot well welcome to you we start with what could be a breakthrough in the drive to boost the world's coronavirus vaccine supply the white house has announced support for waiving vaccine payton protections the u.s. trade representative said the extraordinary circumstances of the pandemic made the move necessary the u.s. had previously resisted efforts at the world trade organization to suspend intellectual property protections abide and as ministration says it will negotiate

the terms of the admin of the arrangement with the w c o d w correspond stephan simons in washington d.c. joins us now and stephan what exactly is president joe biden advocating. well the administration and the president himself for months now under heavy heavy pressure from into from the international community from many many countries around the world but also increasingly from democrats in congress to lift those protection intellectual protections finally gave in and what are you saying is now basically to everybody who came up with a vaccine that means the institution slash companies who develop vaccines give up your secrets and basically like it like a chef give up your secret source a new secret recipe and share it with the world that's a monumental change for the administration to lobby for this now or to work on this

now and practically what does this exactly mean this is nouns and for global vaccine access. well that means that. we don't even have a text yet you know so there is no text of what this waving of intellectual property rights actually means the fact also as you mentioned before the w t o a representative of the united states catherine tie has to be at the w t o and has to have the world trade organization and has to negotiate so this is going to be a process and you know this process this is the key this is not going all of it in another day or 2 and hope you have more vaccine around the world available for example for india or in latin america or wherever vaccine is needed urgently need this is going to take time jen psaki the secretary the press secretary of the white

house say it's something to that regard making sure everybody understands that this is a start the 1st right step in the right direction maybe we're really talking about the u.s. position as it relates to the. process right and that process will take a series of months and requires a unanimous point of view to move forward so what we are the consideration now is the u.s. position our objective overall as we look at this decision is how can we provide as much supply in the most cost effective way to the global community so often the head of the world health organization has called the move a monumental moment but we just had jen psaki mention it herself there's still a long way to go. yeah exactly yeah it is money mental because again as the u.s. was one of the countries who helped us all back there was no negotiating at the

w g o about this whatsoever now this change however as you just heard this is a long process this is not going to go like just in one day and everybody's happy however sharing is caring here and that means that now what needs to happen follow the money you need to follow the money you need to have technology what is called technology transfer that means countries who have the knowledge who have the secret sauce of what the vaccine is built upon and to have the staff you know how to put that seem together they need to provide this now technology transfer as well as staff personnel to other countries who are still in the dark when it comes to vaccine however again this is going to take a long time there are other countries involved and the world trade organization emphasis on world there's a lot of people and there's a lot of opinions and negotiation will take time. correspondents

doesn't simons in washington d.c. thank you for bringing us up to speed with that development staying in the u.s. facebook's oversight board has upheld a social media giants decision to suspend donald trump account but it said it was wrong to ban the former president indefinitely facebook has previously argued that mr trump was banned for violating rules against praising violence that's after years of making exceptions because these comments were deemed newsworthy now the oversight board has given the company 6 months to determine what it calls a proportionate response thumbs up but not for donald trump. facebook's quasi independent oversight board up held the former u.s. presidents ban for now it said facebook's decision to suspend trump's account was justified due to his actions but it also said an indefinite long term ban was unreasonable we are giving facebook 6 months to conduct this review it must either

restore mr trump's account by adding that the period of suspension has met its purpose make the suspension permanent or suspend the account for a determinant period of time facebook banned trump at the beginning of january as did twitter and you too after trump supporters stormed the u.s. capitol building but the risks of allowing the then president to continue were simply too great said facebook head mark zuckerberg the oversight board was originally created to examine such decisions trump has already established his own way to communicate with his supporters with his new website his followers can then of course share his messages via the major social media networks. let's bring in james grubel man he's a professor of digital and information law at cornell tech and cornell law school

in new york james good to have you on the program now donald trump responded to his suspension from facebook by saying his free speech had been taken away from him is there some truth to that well in one sense he lost the ability to incite insurrection against the awful government united states but that's no great loss and even teens the ability to speak on all kinds of other quite forms including his own website i think very few people in the world have better access to media. ok so safe book can decide what appears on that platform but should they have the power to decide what's harmful to society at large if they're in a very difficult position because there are some things that id has decided are some harmful they should be illegal and why perms are already under to promote that in this case but facebook is doing is kicking off to the board some of the hard

questions about what content is so harmful not to be removed from the point they want to have rules they can follow but not be responsible for making those decisions in the 1st place. so you talk about i mean they talk about this problematic pose from donald trump but could they have simply just deleted or red flag to these posts rather than closing the whole account i think partly they were waiting to see what the oversight board would say they made it indefinite to give the oversight board a chance to what you know and i think the oversight board really emphasized a portion now body of response so that it might be a short count again that's necessary but instead something like treat posting with you under which your facebook employed look at each think post work. ok james scrim oh man professor of did soul and information law and cornell in new

york would have to leave it there for now thank you for joining us and we have to apologize for the audio quality on that line. now here are some more stories making headlines around the world u.s. secretary of state and the blinken has arrived in ukraine for talks with president vladimir selenski he is expected to reassure killer of u.s. support after russia amassed more than 100000 troops along ukraine's eastern frontier the country's anticorruption efforts will also be on the agenda. 29 nigerian students abducted almost 2 months ago have been released they were kidnapped from a forestry college in a state on the 11th of march originally more were taken but some were released early on. they have been fresh clashes between police and protesters in the colombian capital bogota is the latest violence highlighting days of protest

against in economic inequality and police brutality at least 19 people have been killed in the unrest this past week israel's president riven rivlin has asked opposition leader. to form a new government a day after prime minister benjamin netanyahu failed to assemble a coalition before an overnight deadline if mr lapid coalition building is successful he will and mr netanyahu is 12 year premiership. india's ferocious 2nd wave of covert 19 continues to batter its health care system and a persistent shortage of oxygen is making matters worse in the capital many hospitals are taking to twitter to seek help and turning away patients due to lack of supplies for weeks now volunteer groups have been stepping in to care for people who can't find help elsewhere doubly reporters nimish are gys well and she might have had ordinary indians putting their lives on the line to save others.

the nation how to spend the last 2 days right here on the road in front of a sikh temple. his son passed the corner of my eyes. and has also developed a severe lung infection. he gently needs to be hospitalized but his father says even this week ship to the enjoyment is a blessing. for these people working 24 hours providing oxygen otherwise it's very difficult to get oxygen for them to get a bed in a hospital with this morning i visited 15 or 20 hospitals to look for a bed for him and you know there isn't a single but all of them refused to let me go for the last 2 weeks. that he has been facing a severe your shortage of medical oxygen. this is an lifesaving nostrils not a free oxygen service run by cause to help a sikh who wanted to us here consider the just taking to be secondary to the

central tenet of service in sick because in several of them have already been infected gergen david and i go home to see for the time i took my bike has i have a stop what is the event support we are getting from that isn't always nice to see the lights and this is the time that people are even afraid to have their own infected religious. every few minutes. of going to. the group because 9 trucks noting nearby plants to sit in. the oxygen here is provided for free at this instant they will be rushed and will many hospitals in delhi has taught taking in your patients because of the often cry for putting out f o s messages on twitter begging for help as they only have our number one minute of oxygen left. sinha has finally managed to arrange

a bed for his son immediately cylinder 2 words are not that they should. do leap into the oxygen crisis you know. every leave good breath is a gift. sforza and when disney go to berlin have fired the former germany an arsenal goalkeeper a young man from the supervisory board after he sent a racist message on choose a limb and sent a what's up message to sky's board pundit and former germany international dennis al gore in which he referred to him as a token black guy lerman later tweeted that he had contacted all go to apologize champions league football and chelsea have beaten real madrid 2 nil to advance to the final team of open the scoring for chelsea midway through the 1st half and mason mountain sealed the victory with only a few minutes left in the game chelsea will now face manchester city in an all

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