Age bias in women’s depictions

A new study of 1.4 million images and videos across Google, Wikipedia, IMDb, Flickr, and YouTube—and nine language models—finds women are represented as younger than men across occupations and social roles. The gap is largest in depictions of high‑status, high‑earning jobs. This suggests pervasive lookism/ageism in both media and AI training outputs. — If platforms and AI systems normalize younger female portrayals, they can reinforce age and appearance biases in hiring, search, and cultural expectations, demanding scrutiny of datasets and presentation norms.