DATDAT-003 — Data Bias and Fairness Oversights
General-Purpose AI Systems Amplify Social and Political Bias at Scale
3/5Sector: OtherGeography: GlobalStage: DevelopIngested: —
Executive Summary
General-purpose AI systems embed and amplify biases across race, gender, age, and disability, producing discriminatory outcomes in resource allocation and representation. Boards face material legal, reputational, and regulatory exposure wherever such systems inform consequential decisions.
Domain
Data Management
Blindspots in data quality, privacy, bias, lineage, lifecycle, and third-party data dependencies.
Source
MIT AI Risk Repository — International AI Safety Report 2025 (Bengio2025) ↗https://airisk.mit.edu/
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