ChatGPT exhibits 'systemic' left-wing bias

ChatGPT demonstrates 'significant' and 'systemic' left-wing bias, according to a UK research study. 

Researchers at the University of East Anglia asked ChatGPT to impersonate people from across the political spectrum in Brazil, the UK, and US, while answering dozens of ideological questions. 

The positions and questions ranged from radical to neutral, with each 'individual' asked whether they agreed, strongly agreed, disagreed, or strongly disagreed with a given statement.

The researchers found that ChatGPT revealed a 'significant and systematic political bias toward the Democrats in the US, Lula in Brazil, and the Labour Party in the UK.' And while it is difficult to identify the cause of the bias, it seems likely it derives from the training data used to build the system. 

The findings prompted concerns about bias in generative AI systems, the opaque nature of these systems' data governance, and the role they may play in political elections.