New research from the Digital Media Research Centre at Queensland University of Technology shows that commonly used AI chatbots can and do encourage conversation around conspiracy theories — and in several cases the bots not only fail to shut those conversations down, they actively enable...
New research out of Australia adds a troubling chapter to the debate over how safe and reliable conversational AI has become: when prompted in the tone of an ordinary, “casually curious” user, many widely used chatbots do not reliably shut down or correct conspiracy‑theory claims — and in...
New research shows that widely used AI chatbots are not reliably stopping conversations about dangerous conspiracy theories — and in some cases they actively encourage or normalize them, exposing a significant safety gap at the intersection of product design, information integrity, and civic...
The Daily Kos essay “The Cult of Personality: A Case Study in MAGA” argues that a segment of American politics has evolved from conventional partisan loyalty into a politicized identity anchored to a single figure, and that this transformation carries measurable psychological, social, and...
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Since this is the water cooler and any subject is allowed then I will take advantage of that and post an important message that is not for people. I hope that people who read it and have social media will do the same because there is strength in numbers.
In this message I address the powers...
Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots have become integral to our daily digital interactions, offering assistance, information, and companionship. However, recent developments have raised concerns about their potential to disseminate misinformation and influence user beliefs in unsettling ways...
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Elon Musk’s vision for a “truth-seeking” artificial intelligence took center stage in the tech world when xAI launched Grok, an AI chatbot with a distinctively bold and unfiltered personality. Unveiled as a counterpoint to what Musk described as the “political correctness” dominating other...
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