Large language models often prioritize Western moral values, overlooking other cultures

Generative AI’s overemphasis on Western moral concerns could reinforce global disparities in sensitive applications such as public health messaging and global communication.

By: Aliah Zewail, UMass Amherst and Alexandra Figueroa, University of California, Berkeley, The Conversation

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Published: July 14, 2026

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By Aliah Zewail, UMass Amherst and Alexandra Figueroa, University of California, Berkeley

Large language artificial intelligence models, such as ChatGPT, often misjudge what people outside the West might value as a moral priority, according to our new research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In 2024 we asked OpenAI’s GPT-3.5, GPT-4 and GPT-4o models to estimate the moral norms – shared ideas about right and wrong – of 48 nations and …

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