AI systems exhibit gender and racial biases when learning language

(American Association for the Advancement of Science) As artificial intelligence systems 'learn' language from existing texts, they exhibit the same biases that humans do, a new study reveals. The results not only provide a tool for studying prejudicial attitudes and behavior in humans, but also emphasize how language is intimately intertwined with historical biases and cultural stereotypes.

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