AI image generator serves up racial, gender stereotypes

What does a person look like? If you use the popular AI image generator Stable Diffusion to get answers, too frequently you'll see images of light-skinned men.

Stefan Milne-U. Washington • futurity
Nov. 30, 2023 ~8 min

Parents and coaches believe girls aren’t as good at chess

Parents and coaches of youth chess players peg the highest potential rating of girl players to be lower than that of boy players.

James Devitt-NYU • futurity
Oct. 5, 2023 ~7 min


Representation of women physicians is lacking in US movies

Women and people of color are largely missing from movie roles depicting physicians, a new study finds.

Andrea Clement-Emory • futurity
Sept. 13, 2023 ~5 min

Women’s soccer is just as great, test shows

When gender is obscured, viewers rate women's soccer the same as men's. Is perceived quality of the sport filtered through stereotypes?

Beat Müller-U. Zurich • futurity
July 17, 2023 ~4 min

5 ways kids’ Valentine’s Day cards embrace gender stereotypes

Over 30 years ago, research showed how children's valentines perpetuate binary gender stereotypes. Decades later, not much has changed.

Jade McClain-NYU • futurity
Feb. 10, 2023 ~8 min

Eating disorders also affect disadvantaged boys

Boys in disadvantaged circumstances—not just girls from wealthy backgrounds—are at increased risk of disordered eating, research finds.

Kim Ward-Michigan State • futurity
Jan. 31, 2023 ~4 min

Men are more likely than women to flirt at work for personal gain

New research debunks stereotypes about who flirts at work and why. It turns out, low-power men are most likely to flirt for personal gain on the job.

UC Berkeley • futurity
Sept. 14, 2022 ~12 min

Internet data produce a racist, sexist robot

The internet is notoriously full of inaccurate and overtly biased content. A robot trained on that data ends up racist and sexist, report researchers.

Jill Rosen-Johns Hopkins • futurity
June 21, 2022 ~6 min


Internet data produce a racist, sexist robot

The internet is notoriously full of inaccurate and overtly biased content. A robot trained on that data ends up racist and sexist, report researchers.

Jill Rosen-Johns Hopkins • futurity
June 21, 2022 ~6 min

We mimic the accent we think we’ll hear

People imitate accent features they believe they'll hear, even before the person they're speaking to has said a word, research confirms.

Michele Berger-Penn • futurity
April 12, 2022 ~7 min

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