Is Alexa sexist? Yes, says study

University of Waterloo professor and Canada Research Chair in Technology and Social Change Dr. Lai-Tze Fan analyzed hundreds of Amazon's virtual assistant Alexa's voice-driven skills. Dr. Fan's goal was to better understand how the encoded technology mirrors and reinforces traditionally feminized labor and sociocultural expectations.

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