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DATDAT-003 — Data Bias and Fairness Oversights

Toxic and Biased Training Data Embedded in Large Language Models

3/5Sector: OtherGeography: GlobalStage: DevelopIngested: —

Executive Summary

Large language models inherit toxic content and stereotypical bias directly from their training corpora, making harmful outputs a systemic rather than incidental risk. Boards deploying LLMs face reputational, legal, and regulatory exposure unless data provenance and bias controls are subject to formal governance oversight.

Domain

Data Management

Blindspots in data quality, privacy, bias, lineage, lifecycle, and third-party data dependencies.

Source

MIT AI Risk Repository — Risk Taxonomy, Mitigation, and Assessment Benchmarks of Large Language Model Systems (Cui2024) ↗

https://airisk.mit.edu/

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