When AI Learns to Discriminate: New Research Shows LLMs Stereotype Job Candidates More Than Humans Do
Reading Time: 5 minutesNew research from Princeton and the University of Chicago finds that LLMs like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini develop hiring biases faster and more severely than humans, scoring roughly 65% higher on a segregation scale. The study, reported by MIT Technology Review, shows that AI models learn to stereotype candidates by fictional ethnic group after just a few rounds of feedback — and that rewarding models for diverse hiring is more effective than simply instructing them to be fair.