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AI-Mediated Communication Can Steer Collective Opinion

Brent Mittelstadt, Chris Russell, Kai Rawal, Sandra Wachter, Stratis Tsirtsis

AI editing of messages can amplify biases through social networks and shift collective opinions.

arxiv:2605.16245 v1 · 2026-05-15 · cs.CY · cs.AI · cs.CL · cs.LG · cs.SI

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C1strongest claim

biases introduced by AI in human-to-human communication can be amplified through the network and shift collective opinion in their direction

C2weakest assumption

The directional biases observed in controlled editing tasks on specific topics will persist and apply consistently when AI mediates real-time, ongoing human-to-human exchanges on platforms.

C3one line summary

AI editing of human texts introduces directional biases that amplify through social networks to steer collective opinions, demonstrated empirically and via an analytical model with a real-world audit of Grok on X.

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[1] Accessed: 2026-04-22 2026

[2] Accessed: 2026-04-22 2024

[3] Accessed: 2026-04-22 2026

[4] Fine-tuning language models to find agreement among humans with diverse preferences.Advances in neural information processing systems, 35:38176–38189, 2022 2022

[5] Ai can help humans find common ground in democratic deliberation.Science, 386(6719):eadq2852, 2024 2024

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arxiv: 2605.16245 · arxiv_version: 2605.16245v1 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.2605.16245 · pith_short_12: 4OH7OC24VQZM · pith_short_16: 4OH7OC24VQZM65GO · pith_short_8: 4OH7OC24

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