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FOI2022/00128: Grant Investigating 'Bias' in Amazon Alexa

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Case reference FOI2022/00128

Published 20 June 2022

Request

Request Received: 3 April 2022

I read that UKRI has given £860,000 to investigate 'bias' in Amazon Alexa. [source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10679793/Do-Alexa-Siri-reinforce-sexist-stereotypes-Quango-given-860k-taxpayers-money-out.html] This seems extraordinary.

Under the Freedom of Information Act kindly supply me with complete details of this grant, how it was approved, what UKRI expects from spending this large sum of money. On the face of it would appear to be a completely waste of taxpayers money.

Thanks. And could you also supply me with the names and email addresses of your board of directors.

Response

Response Sent: 29 April 2022

Full details of this response are provided in the attached document.

Documents

• FOI_Response_Letter_FOI2022_00128_Redacted.pdf (235.9 KB)

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