Fearful of bias, Google blocks gender-based pronouns from new AI tool

The Google name is displayed outside the company's office in London. [Photo: Reuters]

SAN FRANCISCO-Alphabet Inc’s Google in May introduced a slick feature for Gmail that automatically completes sentences for users as they type. Tap out “I love” and Gmail might propose “you” or “it.”

But users are out of luck if the object of their affection is “him” or “her.”