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PNAS Nexus @pnasnexus.org · 05/03/2026

AI-generated summaries of history led to more liberal opinions compared to Wikipedia, while summaries by chatbots prompted to use a conservative framing produced more conservative opinions—but primarily among conservative readers. In PNAS Nexus: ow.ly/1moU50YpOHN

General strike participants leaving shipyards, Seattle, February 1919. This image of workers was taken at the Skinner & Eddy Corporation shipyard located between Dearborn Street and Connecticut Street (now Royal Brougham Way). The nitrate photo shows signs of deterioration on some light parts of the image.

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Thomas Davidson @thomasdavidson.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Our new paper is out today in @pnasnexus.org with colleagues at Yale (@matthewshu.com, Danny Karell, @keitarookura.bsky.social) We wanted to understand how using AI-generated summaries to learn about history influenced attitudes compared to existing resources like Wikipedia. 1/4

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