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This research examines how AI writing assistants impact user attitudes on societal issues during text composition.

March 14, 2026Science AdvancesOpen Access

Biased AI writing assistants shift users’ attitudes on societal issues

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This research examines how AI writing assistants impact user attitudes on societal issues during text composition.
Two large-scale preregistered experiments with 2582 participants were conducted.
Participants wrote about societal issues while exposed to biased AI autocomplete suggestions.
Posttask surveys assessed participants' attitudes and awareness of the AI's bias.
Participants' attitudes aligned more closely with the AI's suggestions after exposure.
Many participants were unaware of the bias influencing their attitudes.
The AI's influence surpassed that of similar suggestions given as static text.

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Experiments show biased AI autocomplete suggestions shift user attitudes on issues, highlighting the challenges of awareness.

Williams-Ceci et al. (2026) studied this question.

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