Encoded Bias: The hidden bias in AI narratives that gives men futures and women feelings (opens original article in a new tab)

A study found AI chatbots often portray men with future plans and women with emotional experiences, reflecting historical gender and racial biases in their training data.

• AI chatbots generate stories where male characters have future plans and female characters have emotional experiences
• The bias reflects historical gender and racial narratives in training data, including assumptions about Black family structures
• The study used 12 South African names across four AI platforms to demonstrate consistent biased patterns