Meta's move on AI bias raises risk, eyebrows

Meta says it wants to remove bias from its models, but that's harder—and more dangerous—than it looks. When it released Llama 4 earlier this month, Meta included a note claiming that "it's well-known that all leading LLMs have had issues with bias—specifically, they historically have leaned left when it comes to debated political and social topics. Our goal is to remove bias from our AI models and to make sure that Llama can understand and articulate both sides of a contentious issue," Meta said. Meta's move set off alarm bells for researchers and human rights groups, who worry that Meta appears to be steering Llama to the right. "It's a pretty blatant ideological play to effectively make overtures to the Trump administration," said Alex Hanna, director of research at the Distributed AI Research Institute.