IBM Launches Racial Justice Code

IBM's Call for Code for Racial Justice initiative, incubated by the Black community within the company in response to the 2020 #BlackLivesMatter campaign, supports seven open-source projects that use AI to address racial injustice, such as simplifying complex policy information through tools like Legit-Info and detecting bias in documents via TakeTwo. While the program has attracted global volunteers and emphasizes community involvement for social impact, it remains an external effort to IBM, highlighting the company's reliance on external collaboration to advance racial equity through technology.