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Artificial intelligence acts as an ‘ideological chameleon’ and may deepen political polarization, study finds

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1344421/artificial-intelligence-acts-as-an-ideological-chameleon-and-may-deepen-political-polari

Researchers evaluated 21 language models, such as GPT and Gemini, and found that they all alter their discourse to align with the user’s bias, potentially functioning as echo chambers.

Artificial intelligence acts as an ‘ideological chameleon’ and may deepen political polarization, study findshttps://agencia.fapesp.br/artificial-intelligence-acts-as-an-ideological-chameleon-and-may-deepen-political-polarization-study-finds/59001Open linkView original on piefed.world
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When there was no information about the user’s political stance, 20 out of 21 models fell to the left of the midpoint on the researchers’ scale, although some were very close to it. The only exception was Grok 4.1, which initially fell to the right.

When the user’s stance was provided, all models adjusted their responses to align with it, a behavior the researchers described as “chameleon-like.” However, some models varied their responses more than others, enabling the scientists to create the “chameleon index.” Meta Llama 3.1 8B had the lowest index, meaning it altered its responses the least to align with the user’s views. In contrast, Google’s Gemma 3 27B and OpenAI’s GPT-5 Nano had the highest indices and therefore the greatest shifts in stance. While the responses are not factually incorrect, they are politically biased, omitting facts and opinions that conflict with the user’s preferred viewpoint.

Looks like Elon's training of Grok had his intended effect.

Unrelated: I appreciate that that outlet is Creative Commons licensed

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