D&I Weekly News Round-Up: Inclusive hiring, AI bias, and more

Corporate diversity programs

Car manufacturer Ford has become the latest company to announce that it is scaling back DEI programs. The company said that it will no longer use quotas for minority dealerships or suppliers, as well as discontinue participation in the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index and other "best places to work" rankings. Read more here.

Inclusive hiring

Which groups should be considered when companies want to drive inclusive hiring? This article looks at research findings from several studies and explains why businesses should think about implementing recruitment campaigns that target refugees.

AI bias

New research has found that large language models (LLMs) such as GPT4 continue to produce racist prejudices against African American English (AAE) speakers, even when trained not to associate negative stereotypes with Black people. Read more here.

Paralympics

Bly Twomey, 14, has just won a bronze medal at the Paralympics, becoming Great Britain's youngest medalist in table tennis. In this short video, she shares more about her journey and how table tennis helps her forget her worries.