India, Oct. 27 -- Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has responded to the backlash she's facing after revealing that she used an artificial intelligence (AI) tool developed by her startup to describe her daughter in three bullet points for a school assignment.

Mayer, 51, recently told The New York Times that she turned to Dazzle AI, her new consumer-focused startup, to help prepare a slide celebrating her daughter Marielle's birthday. The incident sparked criticism online, with several people questioning why a mother needed AI to identify her own child's qualities.

In an interview with The New York Times, Mayer said she had been asked to provide three bullet points about her daughter, who was almost 10 at the time. The AI tool described Mar...