Algorithmic Justice League — research-impact: Over 70 AI researchers publicly signed letter defending AJL's research following Amazon's challenge to the Gender Shades findings on their Rekognition system

NoteThe source directly confirms the core claim: over 70 AI researchers publicly signed/defended AJL's Gender Shades research following Amazon's challenge to the findings on Rekognition. The source states: 'Following Dr. Joy Buolamwini's rebuttals (published here and here), we had more than 70 researchers defend this work.' The source also confirms Amazon's initial dispute ('Amazon after they tried to discredit peer-reviewed research') and references the Gender Shades paper and its impact on Amazon. The temporal context aligns with the claim's 'as of 2019' qualifier—the source is from AJL's about page and discusses these events in past tense as established facts. The additional context about Amazon's 2020 moratorium is not contradicted by the source (which doesn't specify when the moratorium was announced, only that researchers defended the work).

NoteThe source text confirms that the Gender Shades paper exists and that it involved Amazon, but it does not address the specific claim about 70+ researchers publicly signing a letter defending AJL's research in response to Amazon's challenge. The source is from AJL's own website and focuses on their mission, origins, and general accomplishments, but does not provide details about the specific research-impact metric claimed (the number of researchers who signed a defense letter as of 2019). This specific data point is not mentioned in the provided source text.