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cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1344699/how-for-you-feeds-amplify-outrage-a-study-of-x-finds-that-engagement-based-feeds-are-mor

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1344421/artificial-intelligence-acts-as-an-ideological-chameleon-and-may-deepen-political-polari

Researchers evaluated 21 language models, such as GPT and Gemini, and found that they all alter their discourse to align with the user’s bias, potentially functioning as echo chambers.

Passive investing turned everyone into a tech investor without anyone asking permission. That’s the uncomfortable reality your pension statement won’t spell out. Concentration risk isn’t theoretical — it’s sitting inside the funds you forgot you owned, quietly indexed to the same seven companies the ECB just flagged as the core of a potential AI Infrastructure financial stability problem.

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1343033/retro-phone-trend-reveals-growing-desire-to-disconnect-research-finds