Google got rid of 'Smart Compose' pronouns because humans are sexist

Unlike a lot of email signatures these days, Gmail doesn't specify its preferred pronoun.

To avoid perpetuating gender bias, Gmail stopped its "Smart Compose" text prediction feature — which provides likely ends of sentences and other phrases for Gmail users while composing emails — from suggesting pronouns, Reuters reported Tuesday. 

Google told Mashable that Smart Compose launched in May with that bias-averting policy already in place. However, Gmail product manager Paul Lambert only recently revealed this intentional move in interviews with Reuters.  Read more...