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Study: AI autocomplete suggestions can nudge people's opinions - and they don't notice
(www.scientificamerican.com)
this post was submitted on 13 Mar 2026
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Reading the NY Times nudges people's opinions.
Not reading NYT is much easier than disabling autocorrect.
And also, at least in the case of reading an article you understand that it's a human with a point of view, rather than a tool that's assumed to be neutral.