OpenAI, the startup behind the popular ChatGPT artificial intelligence chatbot, said Thursday it will award 10 equal grants from a fund of $1 million (roughly Rs. 8,300 crore) for experiments in democratic processes to determine how AI software should be governed to address bias and other factors.

The $100,000 (roughly Rs. 82 lakh) grants will go to recipients who present compelling frameworks for answering such questions as whether AI ought to criticize public figures and what it should consider the “median individual” in the world, according to a blog post announcing the fund.

Critics say AI systems like ChatGPT have an inherent bias due to the inputs used to shape their views. Users have found examples of racist or sexist outputs from AI software. Concerns are growing that AI working alongside search engines like Alphabet's Google and Microsoft's Bing may produce incorrect information in a convincing fashion.