Home > Author > Caroline Criado Pérez >

" This was not to be the only time Apple completely forgot about at least 50% of their users. When Apple launched their AI, Siri, she (ironically) could find prostitutes and Viagra suppliers, but not abortion providers. 17 Siri could help you if you’d had a heart attack, but if you told her you’d been raped, she replied ‘I don’t know what you mean by ‘I was raped.’ 18 These are basic errors that surely would have been caught by a team with enough women on it–that is, by a team without a gender data gap. "

Caroline Criado Pérez , Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men


Image for Quotes

Caroline Criado Pérez quote : This was not to be the only time Apple completely forgot about at least 50% of their users. When Apple launched their AI, Siri, she (ironically) could find prostitutes and Viagra suppliers, but not abortion providers. 17 Siri could help you if you’d had a heart attack, but if you told her you’d been raped, she replied ‘I don’t know what you mean by ‘I was raped.’ 18 These are basic errors that surely would have been caught by a team with enough women on it–that is, by a team without a gender data gap.