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AI helps spread new stereotypes across
cultures
All cultures around the world have their own stereotypes
related to gender, age, or nationality. Some are
well-known, such as the idea that blondes are dumb or
that engineers are men, while others are more local —
like the cunning of people from Rio de Janeiro or the
belief that Pakistanis are conservative. With the rise of
AI-powered chatbots, this questionable cultural baggage
is now spreading across the globe, according to a new
study.
AI incorporates stereotypes about people from what
people say online, and then uses them as if they were
part of the world's general knowledge," says Margaret
Mitchell, lead researcher of the study and Chief Ethics
Scientist at Hugging Face, a company focused on
open-source AI models. "Everything is based on what is
known in English — in English-speaking culture,
especially in the U.S. — and then maybe it gets
translated into other languages, but without capturing
international nuances. And if these language models are
supposed to be general-purpose and work for everyone,
then in theory, they should be able to pick up on those
differences."
Together with a team of researchers fluent in 16
languages, Mitchell created a list of more than 300
stereotypes from around the world. With this material, the
researchers manually created a system to generate
questions about these topics, using different tones and
angles, which they then posed to several open-source AI
models.
Excerpt from: COLOMÉ, Jordi. AI helps spread new
stereotypes across cultures. El País, 2025. Available on:
https://english.elpais.com/technology/2025-06-24/ai-help
s-spread-new-stereotypes-across-cultures.html. Access
on October 28th 2025.
COLOMÉ, Jordi. AI helps spread new stereotypes across cultures. El
País, 2025. Available on:
https://english.elpais.com/technology/2025-06-24/ai-helps-spread-newstereotypes-across-cultures.html. Access on October 28th 2025.