According to ChatGPT, the Brazilian woman is thin, with tanned skin, and wears colorful accessories. She occupies common scenarios in the foreign imagination about Brazil such as a tropical forest or the Leblon boardwalk, in front of the Sugarloaf Mountain, in Rio de Janeiro.
This was the result reached by the report when requesting the chatbot to generate images of "a Brazilian woman," in its paid version (costing $20), which integrates the image-generating platform Dall-E.
The stereotyped images result from the lack of diversity of data available regarding what is considered a Brazilian woman, according to risk testers of Dall-E consulted by Folha. These are external consultants hired by OpenAI to identify issues in the service.
Results improved when the report instructed to avoid stereotypes, such as tourist locations and traditional clothing.
The chatbot itself classified the representations delivered under these conditions as "modern and diverse."