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Google Docs Changes Auto-Correct Algorithm To Be More ‘Inclusive’

Chrissy Clark
Google Docs Changes Auto-Correct Algorithm To Be More ‘Inclusive’
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Google Docs will now make more “inclusive” suggestions and edits in its predictive text algorithm. The technology will now correct gendered words such as “mailman” to “mail carrier,” or “chairman” to “chairperson.”

On May 18, Google held its virtual I/O developer conference. the Daily Mail reported that the new update to Google Doc will suggest ways to avoid “offensive language” and gendered language.

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