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AI bias: look at who is missing from your evaluation

An average score can hide a system that works poorly for part of its audience.

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EDITORIALAI bias: look at who is missing from your evaluation

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  • Work with appropriate examples and reviewers who understand the context.
  • For a multilingual help centre, inspect answers by language and document type, then improve the weak part of the workflow.

Look for uneven performance

Identify the languages, regions and situations relevant to the product. Compare error patterns across those conditions. Do not infer sensitive personal characteristics from appearance or behaviour simply to create evaluation categories.

Use representative evidence

Work with appropriate examples and reviewers who understand the context. A speech system might omit words for one accent; a support system might lack source coverage for one region. Those are different problems and may need different remedies.

Turn findings into changes

For a multilingual help centre, inspect answers by language and document type, then improve the weak part of the workflow. Possible changes include better sources, clearer questions or an effective human handoff. Recheck after model and data updates. A fairness statement alone cannot establish how a product behaves. Bias evaluation is an ongoing investigation of who benefits, who encounters failures and whether affected users can identify and correct problems. Keep the scope and limits of the evaluation visible.

Sources & notes

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nist.gov — official reference

Sources reviewed for the September 2026 launch edition.

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