Two studies suggest that AI chatbots can shift political views more effectively than TV campaign ads, by presenting many claims, regardless of their accuracy
New research suggests AI chatbots can shift people's political views more effectively than campaign ads on TV.
How Google's Jigsaw and pollster Scott Rasmussen plan to use AI to survey Americans on political views to find common ground ahead of the US' 250th anniversary
A collaboration between the tech giant and a polling nonprofit will gather five to 10 people each from every congressional district …
A recent UK AI Security Institute study found that LLMs from OpenAI, Meta, xAI, and Alibaba can shift users' political views in under 10 minutes of conversation
Research shows large language models have developed the ability to powerfully influence users
YouTube is rolling out age estimation tech in the US to identify teen users and serve more age-appropriate content, regardless of the birthday given at signup
here's what's going to change Laura Varley / Silicon Republic : YouTube rolling out AI-powered age verification tech Rishaj Upadhyay / Windows Report : YouTube Will Use AI to Spot Underage Accounts Au...
Patrick Soon-Shiong says LAT opinion pieces will show an AI-generated rating of their political content, and an AI-generated list of alternative political views
I am proud to announce the next evolution of the L.A. Times to better engage with our audience. Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter : L.A. Times Owner Adds Bias Meter, AI-Generated Copy On Article...
Memo: Meta terminates major DEI programs, including for hiring, training, and procurement, citing a changed “legal and policy landscape” around DEI in the US
Meta is ending its DEI programs Bradley Cortright / New York Sun : Meta Abandons its DEI Programs Days Ahead of Trump's Inauguration Edith Olmsted / New Republic : Mark Zuckerberg Goes Full MAGA With ...
X lifts the permanent ban on Infowars host Alex Jones, after Elon Musk conducted a 24-hour poll, resulting in 70.1% voting in favor of restoring Jones' account
the InfoWars host, and Sandy Hook families' menace. Critics of Elon Musk's X, Tesla and auto industry bloggers including software developer Travis Brown, Plainsite founder Aaron Greenspan, private je...
In four new studies with collaboration from Meta, researchers find Facebook's algorithm is “influential” but doesn't necessarily change beliefs, and more
Ekeoma E. Uzogara Authors Info & Affiliations — pp. 386-387 Washington Post : Changing Facebook's algorithm won't fix polarization, new study finds Science : How do social media feed algorithms aff...
Facebook plans to remove religious views, political views, addresses, and “Interested in”, which indicates sexual preference, from user profiles on December 1
The update to the world's biggest social network will prevent you from broadcasting certain details in your bio, a farewell to the early days of social media.
Twitter disrupts a China-based influence campaign ahead of the US midterms, spanning nearly 2,000 accounts; two networks skewed right and another left
Washington Post : Tweets: @josephmenn , @naominixwrites , @dfrlab , @drewharwell , and @maxboot Tweets: Joseph Menn / @josephmenn : As Musk was preparing to take control of Twitter, Chinese and Irani...