Salary advice from AI low-balls women and minorities: report
A new study found AI chatbots often suggest significantly lower salaries to women and minorities The research showed that identity cues can trigger consistent biases in salary negotiation advice The results suggest LLMs are trained in a way that leads to persistent bias Negotiating your salary is a difficult experience no matter who you are, so naturally, people are sometimes turning to ChatGPT and other AI chatbots for advice about how to get the best deal possible. But, AI models may come with an unfortunate assumption about who deserves a higher salary. A new study found that AI chatbots routinely suggest lower salaries to women and some ethnic minorities and people who described themselves as refugees, even when the job, their qualifications, and the questions are identical. Scientists at the Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt conducted the study, discovering the unsettling results and the deeper flaw in AI they represent. In some ways, it's n...