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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Robert Booth UK technology editor

AI altering meaning of users’ drafts on issues from abortion to climate, study finds

A phone screen displays the Grok account on X, with the Grok logo visible
Grok more frequently generated context that aligned with the stance of the human-written post when it was pro-life than when it was pro-choice. Photograph: NurPhoto/Getty Images

AI tools are twisting online messages on sensitive political topics about everything from abortion to climate change in ways that could snowball to reshape long-term public opinion, experts have said.

As tech companies push AI tools as convenient ways to redraft and summarise the massive influx of daily messages, many inject their own political biases – some leaning distinctly rightwing, others more liberal, according to a study from Oxford and Potsdam universities.

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