Cloud and AI top the list of innovation investments by companies according to the latest Transforming Business poll. Racial and gender biases in AI applications are issues no company can ignore. Visit Insider's Transforming Business homepage for more stories. But the insights available via tools like AI and the cloud can do much more than some companies have figured out. AI applications have come under fire, demonstrably shown in some cases to reflect racial and gender bias in hiring tools, and voice and facial recognition.

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