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Google moves to control gender bias in translation

Google is working on reducing gender bias in language translations, offering both masculine and feminine words. [Photo: AFP]

Google said Thursday it was tweaking its translation application with the goal of reducing gender bias.

The move comes amid criticism that Google Translate often defaulted to masculine names when it converted text to another language.

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