Twitter said Wednesday it was scrapping an automated image-cropping system after its review found bias in the algorithm controlling the function. The messaging platform said it found the algorithm ...

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LONDON – Twitter says it’s investigating why its picture-cropping algorithm sometimes prefers white faces to Black ones. The investigation comes after Twitter users noticed Black faces were less ...

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