{"id":200732,"date":"2026-03-30T18:18:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T22:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/30\/ai-headshot-apps-removed-her-hijab-a-berkeley-law-researcher-wants-to-know-why\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T19:05:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T23:05:11","slug":"ai-headshot-apps-removed-her-hijab-a-berkeley-law-researcher-wants-to-know-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/30\/ai-headshot-apps-removed-her-hijab-a-berkeley-law-researcher-wants-to-know-why\/","title":{"rendered":"AI headshot apps removed her hijab. A Berkeley Law researcher wants to know why."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.berkeley.edu\/article\/ai-headshot-apps-remove-hijab-berkeley-law-researcher-wants-to-know-why\/\">AI headshot apps removed her hijab. A Berkeley Law researcher wants to know why.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.berkeley.edu\/article\/ai-headshot-apps-remove-hijab-berkeley-law-researcher-wants-to-know-why\/\">https:\/\/www.law.berkeley.edu\/article\/ai-headshot-apps-remove-hijab-berkeley-law-researcher-wants-to-know-why\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-30 18:18:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.law.berkeley.edu\">www.law.berkeley.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mahwish Moazzam, a J.S.D. candidate at Berkeley Law, discovered that over 25 AI headshot generators consistently removed her hijab, raising concerns about AI bias and systematic alteration of visible religious identity.<\/li>\n<li>Moazzam conducted her tests over a year, finding that none of the apps asked if the hijab should be retained, while some offered to keep other accessories like glasses.<\/li>\n<li>This issue of visible identity modification underscores broader questions about discrimination law, representation, and human dignity as algorithms may erase or alter visible indicators of identity like religious attire.<\/li>\n<li>The findings suggest potential legal and human rights challenges as accountability can become complex for an AI generated harm, especially when crossing international borders.<\/li>\n<li>Moazzam&#8217;s research highlights a less explored form of algorithmic bias, emphasizing that as AI technologies proliferate, they may reproduce hidden biases that current laws do not address effectively.<\/li>\n<li>The professor and peers at Berkeley Law appreciate the societal and legal implications of her work and emphasize the need for new legal frameworks to address AI-generated harm and the challenges it poses to human rights and dignities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AI headshot apps removed her hijab. A Berkeley Law researcher wants to know why. https:\/\/www.law.berkeley.edu\/article\/ai-headshot-apps-remove-hijab-berkeley-law-researcher-wants-to-know-why\/&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":200733,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.law.berkeley.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MahwishMoazzam_AI_social.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-200732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200732"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200732"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":200734,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200732\/revisions\/200734"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}