Analysis

How Persuasive is AI-Generated Propaganda?

Josh A. Goldstein

Jason Chao

Shelby Grossman

Alex Stamos

Michael Tomz

February 2024

Research participants who read propaganda generated by GPT-3 davinci (a large language model) were nearly as persuaded as those who read real propaganda from Iran or Russia, according to a new peer-reviewed study by Josh A. Goldstein and co-authors.

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