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When AI Favors Profit over PeopleCEFR A1
21 Apr 2026
Adapted from Guest Contributor, Global Voices • CC BY 3.0
Photo by Marija Zaric, Unsplash
Level A1 – BeginnerCEFR A1
2 min
76 words
- A writer warns about new artificial intelligence systems and harms.
- Many large technology companies often put business goals before people.
- AI systems learn from the internet and public records.
- This training data can show bias and social unfairness.
- As a result, people can be harmed by AI decisions.
- In militarised contexts, people may be reduced to data points.
- The writer asks for rules to protect people's rights.
- She recommends asking who built the system and why.
Difficult words
- artificial intelligence — Computer systems that can do smart tasks
- bias — Unfair ideas about people or groups
- training data — Information used to teach an AI system
- right — Legal or personal freedoms and protectionspeople's rights
- militarised — Related to the military or soldiers
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Discussion questions
- Do you think AI can harm people?
- Would you ask who built a system you use?
- Do you want rules to protect people's rights?
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