India, June 24 -- With the widespread use of generative AI, a UN report which studied 133 AI systems found that 44 per cent demonstrated gender bias, while more than a quarter showed both gender and racial bias.

Large language models have repeatedly associated women with the home, family and childcare, while linking men to business, leadership and career success.

In some cases, AI systems have generated responses portraying women as sexual objects or as subordinate to men.

According to UN Women, when researchers asked large language models to simply complete a sentence that began with a person's gender, about one in five responses came back sexist or misogynistic.

Some even described women as property, as objects.

Not a design flaw ...