AI Hiring Tools ‘Systematically Recommend Women for Lower-Wage Roles’

A new study has revealed that popular open-source AI tools used in hiring decisions are more likely to recommend men over women, especially for higher-paying jobs.The research, led by Sugat Chaturvedi of Ahmedabad University and Rochana Chaturvedi of the University of Illinois, Chicago, analyzed how mid-sized open-source large language models (LLMs) behave when asked to choose between male and female job applicants with equal qualifications.In their paper, “Who Gets the Callback? Generativ