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Researchers at the University of Zurich conducted an unauthorized experiment on the popular Reddit community r/ChangeMyView (CMV), using AI-powered accounts to test the persuasive ability of large language models in a real-world environment. The goal was to measure how effectively AI could change the opinions of human users.
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