As we navigate this new era of #artificialintelligence, new and increasingly concerning shortfalls present themselves. Many within the gender equality space have questioned if AI can be, or is, harmful and discriminatory to women, and many of these discussions are needed, and worthwhile. But as always, the same assumption that sexism cuts just one way reoccurs yet again. The same assumption that only women and girls can be harmed; and men and boys, the gender who stroll down easy street for eternity, are uneffected, and if they are impacted, it is only to heap another few servings of advantage onto their mountainous plates of privilege. It’s an alluring thought, and one that will certainly win you the typical applause, and social media currency as it always has. But is it true? Well… no. A new, extraordinarily large study into AI (LLMs) has tested all the major models, across 70 career professions, each with ten different jobs, on hiring bias. When presenting to AI, equally qualified candidates, it was found that in every single profession, across all 22 models, AI discriminated against men, and chose the (equally qualified) female candidate instead. So where does this ugly, and unwelcome piece of research fit into the jigsaw of AI bias? And if, as we know it is, AI is based on real world data; do these findings not point to a wider, real life hiring discrimination against men, that already exists within society? Well… let’s find out… ~ AI LLM Study Hiring bias Study Images by Amal S, Planet Volumes, Pawel Czerwinski, Frank Flores, Kate Sade, Yuriy Vertikov

2025-06-02