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Accent bias: AI models penalize certain speakers in interviews and tests, UW study finds

Models from Google and OpenAI scored American and British speakers higher than Chinese and Nigerian speakers, even when everyone read the same script.

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A study from the University of Washington found that AI models from Google and OpenAI gave higher scores to American and British speakers than to Chinese and Nigerian speakers, even when all participants read the identical script. The bias was observed across both interview and test settings.

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