Amazon ditched AI recruiting tool that favored men for technical jobs

Specialists had been building computer programs since 2014 to review ri(C)sumi(C)s in an effort to automate the search process

Amazon's machine-learning specialists uncovered a big problem: their new recruiting engine did not like women.

The team had been building computer programs since 2014 to review job applicants' ri(C)sumi(C)s, with the aim of mechanizing the search for top talent, five people familiar with the effort told Reuters.