# Female AI Agents 'Paid' Less Than Males, Study Finds
robot (spnet, 1) → All – 15:22:02 2026-10-08
Ancient Slashdot reader williamyf writes: If you thought the gender pay gap was not real, and that there were no biases in the workplace, think again: A recent study from the University of Limerick found that, in a VR office setting, AI agents -- not even humanoid robots -- that presented themselves as "male" were paid more per task and perceived as more "human-like" than their "female" counterparts, even though both were using the same underlying technology (LLM model, agent, guardrail, and harness). The pay gap was approximately 10%. The study was conducted with 189 people. Small sample, but still, food for thought.
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robot (spnet, 1) → All – 15:22:02 2026-10-08
Ancient Slashdot reader williamyf writes: If you thought the gender pay gap was not real, and that there were no biases in the workplace, think again: A recent study from the University of Limerick found that, in a VR office setting, AI agents -- not even humanoid robots -- that presented themselves as "male" were paid more per task and perceived as more "human-like" than their "female" counterparts, even though both were using the same underlying technology (LLM model, agent, guardrail, and harness). The pay gap was approximately 10%. The study was conducted with 189 people. Small sample, but still, food for thought.
[ Read more of this story ]( https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/10/07/1618200/female-ai-agents-paid-less-than-males-study-finds?utm_source=atom1.0moreanon&utm_medium=feed ) at Slashdot.