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AI Is Perpetuating Unrealistic Body Ideals, Objectification and a Lack of Diversity—Especially for Athletes

University of Toronto study found AI images show 90% male athletes, 98% lean and muscular, lacking diversity and visible disabilities, reinforcing harmful body standards.

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What does it look like to have an "athletic body?" What does artificial intelligence think it looks like to have one?

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AI is perpetuating unrealistic body ideals, objectification and a lack of diversity—especially for athletes

What does it look like to have an "athletic body?" What does artificial intelligence think it looks like to have one?

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AI is perpetuating unrealistic body ideals, objectification and a lack of diversity — especially for athletes

AI-generated images reinforce narrow, unrealistic and exclusionary body ideals, which are harmful to our body image.

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The Conversation broke the news in on Sunday, December 7, 2025.
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