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AI encouraging racist stereotypes? 3 out of 5 chatbots tested promote bias

AI encouraging racist stereotypes? 3 out of 5 chatbots tested promote bias
France 24 Wednesday 26 August 2026, 10:07 UTC By FRANCE24 1 min read
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To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. AI encouraging racist stereotypes? 3 out of 5 chatbots tested promote bias Issued on: Share Is Artificial Intelligence encouraging racist stereotypes? Internet users have noticed that Gemini, Google's AI assistant, suggests very different advice when they say they are alone with someone, depending on their nationality. Our colleagues at France 2 report.
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