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Location transparency reduces activity by accounts misrepresenting their location on X
Yuwei Chuai, Thomas Renault, David Rand +1
Concerns about inauthentic accounts, including foreign actors posing as domestic voices, are central to debates about online discourse. Yet, little is known about accounts with ina…
Reducing belief in conspiracy theories as they unfold using large language models
Thomas H. Costello, Nathaniel Rabb, Michael Nicholas Stagnaro +2
The emergence of conspiracy theories in the wake of major events is a significant societal challenge. Here we test whether conversational dialogues with a large language model (LLM…
Large language models can effectively convince people to believe conspiracies
Thomas H. Costello, Kellin Pelrine, Matthew Kowal +6
Large language models (LLMs) have been shown to be persuasive across a variety of contexts. But it remains unclear whether this persuasive power advantages accuracy, or if bad acto…
The Levers of Political Persuasion with Conversational AI
Kobi Hackenburg, Ben M. Tappin, Luke Hewitt +7
There are widespread fears that conversational AI could soon exert unprecedented influence over human beliefs. Here, in three large-scale experiments (N=76,977), we deployed 19 LLM…
How malicious AI swarms can threaten democracy: The fusion of agentic AI and LLMs marks a new frontier in information warfare
Daniel Thilo Schroeder, Meeyoung Cha, Andrea Baronchelli +19
Advances in AI offer the prospect of manipulating beliefs and behaviors on a population-wide level. Large language models and autonomous agents now let influence campaigns reach un…
It's the Thought that Counts: Evaluating the Attempts of Frontier LLMs to Persuade on Harmful Topics
Matthew Kowal, Jasper Timm, Jean-Francois Godbout +6
Persuasion is a powerful capability of large language models (LLMs) that both enables beneficial applications (e.g. helping people quit smoking) and raises significant risks (e.g.…
Towards global equity in political polarization research
Max Falkenberg, Matteo Cinelli, Alessandro Galeazzi +18
With a folk understanding that political polarization refers to socio-political divisions within a society, many have proclaimed that we are more divided than ever. In this account…