Researchers use environmental justice questions to reveal geographic biases in ChatGPT – Sanghani Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics

A U.S. map shows counties where residents could (blue) or could not (pink) receive local-specific information about environmental justice issues. Photo courtesy of Junghwan Kim.

Virginia Tech researchers have discovered limitations in ChatGPT’s capacity to provide location-specific information about environmental justice issues. Their findings, published in the journal Telematics and Informatics, suggest the potential for geographic biases existing in current generative artificial intelligence (AI) models.

Ismini Lourentzou, assistant professor in the College of Engineering and core faculty at the Sanghani Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics, is a co-author on the paper. Read full story here.