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When AI Favors Profit over PeopleCEFR A1

21 Apr 2026

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Adapted from Guest Contributor, Global Voices • CC BY 3.0

Photo by Marija Zaric, Unsplash

Level A1 – Beginner
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 protections
    people'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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