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Female AI Agents 'Paid' Less Than Males, Study Finds

Ancient Slashdot reader williamyf writes: If you thought the gender pay gap was not real, and that there were no biases in the workplace, think again: A recent study from the University of Limerick found that, in a VR office setting, AI agents -- not even humanoid robots -- that presented themselves as "male" were paid more per task and perceived as more "human-like" than their "female" counterparts, even though both were using the same underlying technology (LLM model, agent, guardrail, and harness). The pay gap was approximately 10%. The study was conducted with 189 people. Small sample, but still, food for thought.

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« Ce n’est pas une démonstration d’érudition, mais de force » : des mathématiciens appellent au boycott d’OpenAI après son nouveau coup

L'Association for Human Mathematics, un collectif de mathématiciens fondé en septembre 2026, appelle ses pairs à cesser toute collaboration avec OpenAI, au lendemain de la publication par l'entreprise de 722 manuscrits produits par son IA. Terence Tao, médaillé Fields, a republié le texte sur son blog.

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