AI discrimination trap? - Recommendations for combating discrimination against women through AI

The current overrepresentation of men in the development of AI technologies and the associated one-sided gender perspective is one of the reasons for discrimination against women in AI applications. In this context, AI exacerbates such overrepresentation, thus presenting a new discriminatory risk against women. Today´s omnipresence of AI makes the need for fair algorithms even more crucial. Thus, this study analyzes five application areas of AI (i.e. virtual private assistance, public and private transport and safety, precision medicine, employment area, and credit rating) and discusses potential biases against women identified and proposes anti-discrimination suggestions to overcome this kind of invisibility of women in many AI applications.