Popular Chatbots Lean Left when Answering Political Questions, WaPo Tests Show
The Post found OpenAI’s ChatGPT gave left-leaning answers 80% of the time, while Google’s Gemini mostly offered both sides.
- The Washington Post tested leading AI models including ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Grok, DeepSeek, and Arya using researcher-designed political questions, finding most chatbots consistently favor left-leaning arguments over conservative ones.
- Researchers from Dartmouth College and Stanford University developed the political prompts amid heightened scrutiny from President Donald Trump, who signed an executive order requiring federal AI systems to function as "neutral, nonpartisan tools."
- OpenAI's ChatGPT presented left-leaning arguments in 80% of responses, while just 3% offered exclusively right-leaning positions. Google's Gemini offered balanced perspectives in more than 90 percent of cases, making it the most balanced model tested.
- Google spokesperson Lauren Fine and Anthropic spokesperson Michael Aciman disputed the findings, stating their models are designed to provide balanced responses. OpenAI and xAI declined to comment.
- Purdue University policy scientist Daniel Schiff cautioned that chatbots tend to produce "sycophantic" answers mirroring how questions are framed, suggesting the study may not reflect real-world usage patterns.
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