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Book explores how misogyny is replicated in AI and new tech

Season 2025 Episode 253 | 7m 33s

Artificial intelligence and emerging technologies are already reshaping the world around us. But how are age-old inequalities showing up in this new digital frontier? In “The New Age of Sexism,” author and feminist activist Laura Bates explores the biases now being replicated everywhere from ChatGPT to the Metaverse. Amna Nawaz sat down with Bates to discuss more.

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