Open source AI models favor men for hiring, study finds

Open source AI models are more likely to recommend men than women for jobs, particularly the high-paying ones, a new study has found.

While bias in AI models is a well-established risk, the findings highlight the unresolved issue as the usage of AI proliferates among recruiters and corporate human resources departments.

“We don’t conclusively know which companies might be using these models,” Rochana Chaturvedi, a PhD candidate at the University of Illinois in the US and a co-author of the…