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Can conversational AI influence confidence in pre-existing political beliefs?

2026-01-03

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<p>Conversational artificial intelligence (AI) may influence political polarization by shaping the strength with which political attitudes are held. Generative AI systems are increasingly capable of conducting adaptive, human-like conversations, raising questions about their ability to strengthen or weaken belief certainty. We report results from a preregistered, two-wave randomized experiment (N = 1,968) testing...

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7a4f2d71-edf0-50d3-b801-b078dd7126cf
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10.31234/osf.io/ukjnc_v1
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