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AI-Mediated Communication Can Steer Collective Opinion

2026-07-06 21:51:29.008193+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Oxford Internet Institute: AI-powered social media can subtly manipulate opinion at scale, new study finds.

The study AI-Mediated Communication Can Steer Collective Opinion, authored by Dr. Stratis Tsirtsis, Dr Kai Rawal, Dr Chris Russell, Professor Brent Mittelstadt and Professor Sandra Wachter, has been accepted for presentation at the AI4Good and Technical AI Governance Research workshops at the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML 2026) in Seoul, South Korea.

arXiv: AI-Mediated Communication Can Steer Collective Opinion. They focus a lot on Grok, but as I watch people adopt these things as a general information filter, I'm super concerned about this effect.

Tech Xplore version of the press release.

Via The Guardian, which adds a few examples but doesn't actually link to these sources.

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