AI models can meaningfully sway voters on candidates and issues, including by using misinformation, and they are also evading detection in public surveys according to three new studies.

Scientists are raising alarms about the potential influence of artificial intelligence on elections, according to a spate of new studies that warn AI can rig polls and manipulate public opinion.

In a study published in Nature on Thursday, scientists report that AI chatbots can meaningfully sway people toward a particular candidate—providing better results than video or television ads. Moreover, chatbots optimized for political persuasion “may increasingly deploy misleading or false information,” according to a separate study published on Thursday in Science.

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  • PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    19 hours ago

    CNN and CNBC recently made a deal with a gambling service (Kalishi) to start using bets as glorified polling data. We are so fucked honestly but I try to keep my sanity everyday.