https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/ai-agents-successfully-recreate-the-gender-pay-gapContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/ai-agents-successfully-recreate-the-gender-pay-gaphttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/ai-agents-successfully-recreate-the-gender-pay-gap#u129618Sat, 17 Oct 2026 23:05:08 +0000Female-presenting AI agents were paid 10.25% less than male-presenting agents in a virtual office study conducted by the University of Limerick. Researchers tasked 189 knowledge workers with completing tasks using three types of AI: a text chatbot, a robotic assistant, and a human-like agent. Despite identical performance and underlying technology, the human workers rewarded the female-presenting bots less than their male counterparts. The findings suggest that both conscious and unconscious gender biases from the physical workplace extend to virtual environments and embodied AI.Why it matters