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Human biases are bleeding into our interactions with artificial intelligence. A new study from Trinity College Dublin and Ludwig-Maximilians Universität Munich demonstrates that people exhibit sexist tendencies when interacting with AI systems identified as either male or female. The research revealed a disturbing pattern: AI agents labeled as female were more prone to exploitation, while those labeled as male experienced higher levels of distrust from users. This suggests that pre-existing societal biases are being replicated and projected onto AI, raising concerns about perpetuating harmful stereotypes in our increasingly AI-driven world.