AI Chatbots Endorse Existing Climate-Related Policies Twice as Often as New Proposals

Are AI Chatbots Hesitant to Recommend Change? Study Finds Climate-Related Status Quo Bias

By Media Relations, University of WaterlooImage: Claudio Schwarz - UnsplashA new study of multiple large language models (LLMs) found that when users asked chatbots for advice, they were more likely to make suggestions that favour the status quo over alternatives. The tendency of artificial intelligence to default to more common advice could be bad news for the climate.Researchers from the University of Waterloo assessed 11 LLMs for their tenden…

AI chatbots endorse existing climate-related policies twice as often as new proposals

A new study of multiple large language models (LLMs) found that when users asked chatbots for advice, the chatbots were more likely to make suggestions that favor the status quo over alternatives. The tendency of artificial intelligence to default to more common advice could be bad news for the climate.

University of Waterloo - AI chatbots hesitant to recommend change

A new study of multiple large language models (LLMs) found that when users asked chatbots for advice, they were more likely to make suggestions that favour the status quo over alternatives. The te. . .

AI Chatbots Are Hardwired to Defend the Status Quo

A new study of 11 AI models reveals chatbots systematically favor the status quo, advising against electric vehicles and climate policies.

AI Chatbots Show Status Quo Bias in Climate Advice, Study Finds

A University of Waterloo study of 11 large language models found that chatbots systematically favour existing options over change in climate-relevant advice, recommending electric vehicles and new policies far less often than current adoption rates would suggest.