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> Researchers found that every AI model tested showed positive bias toward Catholicism and negative bias toward Jehovah’s Witnesses.

Did they try using other languages? This sounds like a correlation with publicly-available English-language text in specific.

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I'm not sure if negativity towards Jehovah's Witnesses is really "bias"

Then what is it?

A product of decades-long interrupted peace, for many homeowners.

Bias is usually the result of something, yes, but it's still bias.

How is bias defined in this context? Is it always bad to be biased?

(1) Unlike most Christians, Jehovah's Witnesses don't accept the validity of salvation that other Christians get.

(2) The Witnesses have many signs of being a coercive organization

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Jehovah%27s_Witne...

(3) ... and of course (1) and (2) go together because if you go to some normal Christian church and the pastor is a jerk you can go to another normal Christian church. If you go to a sect that believes it has unique access to God that's different.

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