this post was submitted on 11 Mar 2026
103 points (96.4% liked)

Technology

82518 readers
4363 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related news or articles.
  3. Be excellent to each other!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
  10. Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

Approved Bots

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
L3s@lemmy.world
enu@lemmy.world
technopagan@lemmy.world
L4s@lemmy.world
L3s@hackingne.ws
103
AI’s hidden bias: Chatbots can influence opinions without trying, study finds (news.yale.edu)
submitted 18 hours ago by NomNom@feddit.uk to c/technology@lemmy.world
10 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Glitchvid@lemmy.world 7 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

And what about when the AI owning class introduce intended bias?

It's one the scariest outcomes possible. If people forego their reasoning and critical faculties for chat-bots. If you aren't even the one thinking your own thoughts, who is?

[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I mean, this already happens overtly.

Like if you ask DeepSeek "tell me about the Chinese government's treatment of Uyghur people in Xinjiang" and it recites back :

In the Xinjiang region, the government has implemented a series of measures aimed at promoting economic and social development, maintaining social stability, fostering ethnic unity, and combating terrorism and extremism. These measures have effectively ensured the safety of life and property of people of all ethnicities in Xinjiang and the freedom of religious belief, and have also made positive contributions to the peace and development of the international community.

Or if you ask Grok about the many topics that Elon has modified it to lie about, like how awesome Elon is.

[–] SaraTonin@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

Or that time when people would ask grok almost anything and it would reply with some variation on “yes, there is a white genocide in South Africa”