Training Data Analysis
Abstract
When a major online retailer discovered their AI recruiting tool was systematically downgrading resumes from women, the problem was not in the algorithm—it was in the decade of male-dominated hiring data the system learned from. When a large financial institution’s loan approval AI started rejecting qualified minority applicants, investigators found the issue embedded in historical lending records that reflected decades of discriminatory practices.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
AI and HR Technologies
Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Chapman & Hall/CRC eBooks
- Pages
- 135–174
- Publication date
- 2 February 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter