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OpenAI Project Risks Bias Without More Scrutiny
A test of the high-profile technology Dall-E delivered images that perpetuated gender stereotypes. Scientists say making more data public could help explain why.
Images on command.
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The artificial intelligence research company OpenAI LLP wowed the public earlier this month with a platform that appeared to produce whimsical illustrations in response to text commands. Called Dall-E, a combined homage to the Disney robot Wall-E and surrealist artist Salvador Dali, the system has the ability to generate images was limited only by users’ imaginations.
Want to see an armchair in the shape of an avocado? Dall-E can compose the image in an instant: