Disability Data: Improving Representation to Drive AI Innovation

Focus: AI and Disability/Outliers

Source: Microsoft

Readability: Intermediate

Type: Blog

Open Source: Yes

External URL: https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2024/10/17/disability-data-improving-representation-to-drive-ai-innovation/

Keywords: N/A

Learn Tags: AI and Machine Learning Accessibility Disability Design/Methods Inclusive Practice

Summary: Microsoft has announced a new collaboration with Be My Eyes to use high-quality, disability representative data to help train AI systems. This data will help make Microsoft AI models more inclusive for the 340 million people in the world who are blind or have low vision.