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Female AI Agents 'Paid' Less Than Males, Study Finds

Ancient Slashdot reader williamyf writes: If you thought the gender pay gap was not real, and that there were no biases in the workplace, think again: A recent study from the University of Limerick found that, in a VR office setting, AI agents -- not even humanoid robots -- that presented themselves as "male" were paid more per task and perceived as more "human-like" than their "female"…

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Harness Acquires Augment Code Assets to Expand Reach into AI Coding

Harness today added an artificial intelligence (AI) coding offering to its portfolio after revealing it acquired select assets from Augment Code. The Harness Cosmos Software Factory is based on Cosmos, a set of AI coding agents, an Auggie command line interface (CLI), a Code Context Engine and other related technologies originally…

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