Study Finds LLMs Have Unique Choice Position Biases
AnnaCiaunica · x · 2026-08-28
A study in PNAS Nexus reveals that LLMs replicate human biases but also exhibit unique ones. When choosing between items, LLMs favor the first option if all are high quality, but prefer later options when the quality is lower.
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