Oxford study finds AI can out-persuade world-champion debaters in controlled tests
Justgototheeffinmoon · reddit · 2026-07-26
An Oxford study finds that AI systems can out-persuade world-champion debaters in controlled tests.
The result suggests persuasion may be an easier capability for frontier models to acquire than many people expect, raising questions about how quickly AI can influence opinions at scale and what safeguards are needed.
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