#State #media #control influences #LargeLanguageModels (#LLMs)

#Nature

"Millions of people around the world query LLMs for information. Although several studies have compellingly documented the persuasive potential of these models, there is limited evidence of who or what influences the models themselves, leading to a flurry of concerns about which companies and governments build and regulate the models. Here we show through six studies that government control of the media across the world already influences the output of LLMs via their #TrainingData. We use a cross-national audit to show that LLMs exhibit a #stronger #ProGovernment valence in the languages of countries with #LowerMediaFreedom than in those with higher media freedom. The combination of influence and persuasive potential across languages suggests the troubling conclusion that states and powerful institutions have increased strategic incentives to leverage media control in the hopes of shaping LLM output."

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10506-7

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