{"id":874959,"date":"2025-10-02T21:29:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T02:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/02\/the-download-openais-caste-bias-problem-and-how-ai-videos-are-made\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T21:29:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T02:29:25","slug":"the-download-openais-caste-bias-problem-and-how-ai-videos-are-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/02\/the-download-openais-caste-bias-problem-and-how-ai-videos-are-made\/","title":{"rendered":"The Download: OpenAI\u2019s caste bias problem, and how AI videos are made"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Plus: Taiwan has pushed back against America’s chip request <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n

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This is today’s edition of\u00a0The Download<\/a><\/em>,\u00a0our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology.<\/em><\/p>\n

OpenAI is huge in India. Its models are steeped in caste bias.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Caste bias is rampant in OpenAI\u2019s products, including ChatGPT, according to an MIT Technology Review investigation. Though CEO Sam Altman boasted about India being its second-largest market during the launch of GPT-5 in August, we found that both this new model, which now powers ChatGPT, as well as Sora, OpenAI\u2019s text-to-video generator, exhibit caste bias. This risks entrenching discriminatory views in ways that are currently going unaddressed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mitigating caste bias in AI models is more pressing than ever. In contemporary India, many caste-oppressed Dalit people have escaped poverty and have become doctors, civil service officers, and scholars; some have even risen to become the president of India. But AI models continue to reproduce socioeconomic and occupational stereotypes that render Dalits as dirty, poor, and performing only menial jobs. Read the full story<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2014Nilesh Christopher<\/em><\/p>\n

MIT Technology Review Narrated: how do AI models generate videos?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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It\u2019s been a big year for video generation. The downside is that creators are competing with AI slop, and social media feeds are filling up with faked news footage. Video generation also uses up a huge amount of energy, many times more than text or image generation.<\/p>\n

With AI-generated videos everywhere, let’s take a moment to talk about the tech that makes them work<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This is our latest story to be turned into a MIT Technology Review Narrated podcast, which we\u2019re publishing each week on Spotify<\/a> and Apple Podcasts<\/a>. Just navigate to MIT Technology Review Narrated on either platform, and follow us to get all our new content as it\u2019s released.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The must-reads<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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I\u2019ve combed the internet to find you today\u2019s most fun\/important\/scary\/fascinating stories about technology.<\/em><\/p>\n

1 Taiwan has rejected America\u2019s chip demand<\/strong>
It\u2019s pushed back on a US request to move 50% of chip production to the States. (Bloomberg<\/a> $)
+ Taiwan said it never agreed to the commitment. <\/em>(CNN<\/a>)
+ Taiwan\u2019s \u201csilicon shield\u201d could be weakening. <\/em>(MIT Technology Review<\/a>)<\/p>\n

2 Chatbots may not be eliminating jobs after all<\/strong>
A new labor market study has found little evidence they\u2019re putting humans out of work. (FT<\/a> $)
+ People are worried that AI will take everyone\u2019s jobs. We\u2019ve been here before. <\/em>(MIT Technology Review<\/a>)<\/p>\n

3 OpenAI has released a new Sora video app<\/strong>
It\u2019s the latest in a long line of attempts to make AI a social experience. (Axios<\/a>)
+ Copyright holders will have to request the removal of their property. <\/em>(WSJ<\/a> $)<\/p>\n

4 Scientists have made embryos from human skin cells for the first time<\/strong>
It could allow people experiencing infertility and same-sex couples to have children. (BBC<\/a>)
+ How robots are changing the face of fertility science. <\/em>(WP<\/a> $)<\/p>\n

5 Elon Musk claims to be building a Wikipedia rival<\/p>\n

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Which I\u2019m sure will be entirely accurate and impartial. (Gizmodo<\/a>)
+ How AI and Wikipedia have sent vulnerable languages into a doom spiral. <\/em>(MIT Technology Review<\/a>)<\/p>\n

6 America\u2019s chips resurgence has been thrown into chaos<\/strong>
After funding was yanked from the multi-billion dollar initiative designed to revive the industry. (Politico<\/a>)<\/p>\n

7 ICE wants to buy a phone location-tracking tool
<\/strong>Even though it doesn\u2019t have a warrant to do so. (404 Media<\/a>)<\/p>\n

8 The trouble with scaling up EV manufacturing
<\/strong>Solid-state batteries are the holy grail\u2014but is full commercialization feasible? (Knowable Magazine<\/a>)
+ Why bigger EVs aren\u2019t always better. <\/em>(MIT Technology Review<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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9 DoorDash\u2019s food delivery robot is coming to Arizona\u2019s roads<\/strong>
Others before it have failed. Can Dot succeed? (TechCrunch<\/a>)<\/p>\n

10 What it\u2019s like to give ChatGPT therapy<\/strong>
It\u2019s very good at telling you what it thinks you want to hear. (New Yorker<\/a> $)
+ Therapists are secretly using ChatGPT. Clients are triggered. <\/em>(MIT Technology Review<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Quote of the day<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cPlease treat adults like adults.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014An X user reacts angrily to OpenAI\u2019s moves to restrict the topics ChatGPT will discuss, Ars Technica<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n

One more thing<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Africa fights rising hunger by looking to foods of the past<\/strong><\/p>\n

After falling steadily for decades, the prevalence of global hunger is now on the rise\u2014nowhere more so than in sub-Saharan Africa, thanks to conflicts, economic fallout from the covid-19 pandemic, and extreme weather events.<\/p>\n

Africa\u2019s indigenous crops are often more nutritious and better suited to the hot and dry conditions that are becoming more prevalent, yet many have been neglected by science, which means they tend to be more vulnerable to diseases and pests and yield well below their theoretical potential.<\/p>\n

Now the question is whether researchers, governments, and farmers can work together in a way that gets these crops onto plates and provides Africans from all walks of life with the energy and nutrition that they need to thrive, whatever climate change throws their way. Read the full story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2014Jonathan W. Rosen<\/em><\/p>\n

We can still have nice things<\/strong><\/p>\n

A place for comfort, fun and distraction to brighten up your day. (Got any ideas? <\/em>Drop me a line<\/em><\/a> or <\/em>skeet ’em at me<\/em><\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>\n

+ The mighty Stonehenge<\/a> is still keeping us guessing after all these years (4,600 of them).
+ Bj\u00f6rk’s VR experience<\/a> looks typically bonkers.
+ We may finally have an explanation for the will-o\u2019-the-wisp<\/a> phenomenon.
+ How to build your very own Commodore 64 Cartridge<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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