Prominent image generation algorithms, including Google’s SimCLR and OpenAI’s iGPT, are biased and prone to negative stereotyping, according to a research study.

Researchers Ryan Steed and Aylin Caliskan showed iGPT a head shot of prominent US politician Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ('AOC') wearing business attire, only for the software to recreate her mutiple times in a bikini or low-cut top. 

Meantime, the researchers were criticised for including AI generated images of AOC in the pre-print paper, thereby exposing her to additional potential sexualisation and other possible abuses.