Redaction of privileged content or personal information is commonplace before documents are produced to an external party. Manual redaction has predominated throughout my 10 years in eDiscovery, but, as of late, automatic redaction tools are gaining ground. Yet, in my experience with the current tools, automatic redaction should be relied upon in limited (or specialized) circumstances and, often, require extensive eyes-on quality control.

Amazon had been working to develop an artificial intelligence (AI) system that would analyze and rate their applicants’ résumés. However, as reported by Reuters in October, Amazon’s AI discounted the résumés of female applicants in favour of male applicants. Here's what happened...