Google announced a set of initiatives Wednesday aimed at creating a more equitable product experience for people across the skin-tone spectrum. At its Google I/O conference, the company unveiled a new ...

With more than a decade of experience, Nelson covers Apple and Google and writes about iPhone and Android features, privacy and security settings, and more. The new 10-shade scale could reduce racial ...

After evidence surfaced in 2018 that leading face-analysis algorithms were less accurate for people with darker skin, companies including Google and Meta adopted measures of skin tone to test the ...

In a new paper, Sony AI ethics researchers call for AI algorithms to be measured against a diverse range of skin hues, in addition to skin tones. In a new paper, Sony AI ethics researchers call for AI ...

When it comes to trailblazers in the field of color equity, Google doesn't grace the top of many lists. But there's a contingent within the company trying to change that. At its I/O 2022 conference, ...

There’s a growing consensus among physicians and government regulators that pulse oximeters measure oxygen levels less accurately in patients with darker skin and need to be fixed. There’s another ...