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arXiv Machine Learning By Farnaz Faramarzi Lighvan, Lynn Houthuys

Evaluating and Mitigating Gender Bias in Pre-trained Embeddings for ML-based Recruitment

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arXiv:2607. 20073v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: AI-based recruitment systems that rely on machine learning models trained on historical CV data, risk perpetuating and amplifying social biases.

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