Female voice assistants promote sexist attitudes toward women, UN says | Mediawijsheid in het VO | Scoop.it

Default voices reinforce the stereotype of women being "obliging, docile and eager-to-please helpers," says a United Nations report. ....

"Siri's 'female' obsequiousness -- and the servility expressed by so many other digital assistants projected as young women -- provides a powerful illustration of gender biases coded into technology products, pervasive in the technology sector and apparent in digital skills education," reads the report. It's titled "I'd blush if I could," which used to be Siri's response to being called a bitch. Applein April updated Siri's response to "I don't know how to respond to that," according to the report.