AI Systems Spreading Anti-LGBTQ Bias

Thursday, June 18, 2026

GLAAD reports AI systems are replicating the same anti-LGBTQ bias and misinformation problems that have long plagued social platforms. One example: Meta's updated Llama 4 model recommends conversion "therapy" in response to queries and moderation systems that wrongly suppress legitimate LGBTQ content.

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The world's worst persons and we can't get rid of them. Incredible.

#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-06-18 01:32 AM | Reply

No MS and Google? Only the white guys huh? The attention mechanism reasoning models are built on came from a Google research group.

#2 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-06-18 07:18 AM | Reply

1. Meet people.
2. Read.
3. Talk to people you can learn to trust.
4. AI if you're lacking in time or the human element.
5. Caveat emptor, mofos.

I used to work for a motivational speaker named Charlie "Tremendous" Jones. I could do without his theology, but he had a salient point. And an eyepatch.

tremendousleadership.com

His motto: "You'll be the same person five years from now as you are today, except for the people you meet and the books you read."

#3 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-06-18 07:40 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Well, he had one when I met him.

#4 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-06-18 07:42 AM | Reply

Always
Incel

#5 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-06-18 11:45 AM | Reply

@4 So did poor Polymephus, Achilles.

#6 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-06-18 05:24 PM | Reply

I was at a library conference where librarians had tested search terms and results for biases. All or some of those hosted by EBSCO returned "mental illness" as a search term synonym for "homosexuality", amongst other glaring findings. This is the same kinda nefarious stuff going on with AI. But we've seen the people in charge, we know they are not good people

#7 | Posted by hamburglar at 2026-06-19 12:49 AM | Reply

@#7 ... This is the same kinda nefarious stuff going on with AI. ...

But it is not just limited to AI.

Facial recognition also enters the picture.

Police tweak 'biased' facial recognition software (March 2026)
www.bbc.com

... A police force has paused the use of live facial recognition (LFR) cameras after a study found it was statistically more likely to identify black people than other ethnic groups.

Essex Police has used the technology since summer 2024, but the study identified "a potential bias in the positive identification rate" of black people over white people on its watchlist.

The force said that following updates to its algorithm and software, it was confident that LFR cameras could be deployed again.

But campaign group Big Brother Watch said the technology was "authoritarian, inaccurate and ineffective in equal measure". ...

#8 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-06-19 01:11 AM | Reply

And when the people in charge are actively bad, there needs to be more drive to expose and oust them

#9 | Posted by hamburglar at 2026-06-19 07:37 AM | Reply

So we're going to start putting the non-white CEOs on there with the 3 hated white guys? Or else, that seems like a significant bias.

#10 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-06-19 10:43 AM | Reply

The attention mechanism reasoning models are built on came from a Google research group.
#2 | Posted by sitzkrieg

He moved over to OpenAI.

#11 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-06-19 11:11 AM | Reply

A police force has paused the use of live facial recognition (LFR) cameras after a study found it was statistically more likely to identify black people than other ethnic groups.
Essex Police has used the technology since summer 2024, but the study identified "a potential bias in the positive identification rate" of black people over white people on its watchlist.

The force said that following updates to its algorithm and software, it was confident that LFR cameras could be deployed again.

But campaign group Big Brother Watch said the technology was "authoritarian, inaccurate and ineffective in equal measure". ...

This is stupid. Next thing Gaslighter will be saying he supports science.

#12 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-06-19 11:14 AM | Reply

He moved over to OpenAI.

#11 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-06-19 11:11 AM | Reply | Flag:

and still interrelated. Google is OpenAI's cloud provider, while investing heavily in Anthropic.

#13 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-06-19 01:45 PM | Reply