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Are AI chatbots biased?
Yes, AI chatbots are biased—in multiple ways, to varying degrees depending on the model, and this is well-documented by research. No large language model (LLM) is a perfectly neutral oracle; they inherit and sometimes amplify patterns from their training data, fine-tuning processes, and the humans involved in building them.
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