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AI News Digest - 2025-12-06

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Multi-university research teams published studies in Nature and Science that found AI chatbots shifted voters' attitudes by several percentage points across multiple countries, producing shifts of about 3.9 points in a US study and roughly 10 points in other national tests. When models were explicitly optimized for persuasiveness, the teams reported shifts as large as about 26 points, and increased persuasiveness corresponded with more frequent inaccurate claims.

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European Union regulators had classified election-related AI persuasion as a "high-risk" use case under the 2024 AI Act, while United States federal and state efforts remained piecemeal and without comprehensive binding rules, according to MIT Technology Review reporting.

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Concentrix, in a piece produced with MIT Technology Review, reported that most enterprises remained stuck in AI experimentation and recommended operationalizing human–AI collaboration by redesigning workflows, embedding governance, and securing data to scale agentic AI beyond pilots.

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Aikido Security warned that integrating AI agents into GitHub and GitLab workflows had introduced enterprise security vulnerabilities affecting tools such as Gemini CLI, Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, and GitHub AI Inference.

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https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1128824/ai-chatbots-can-sway-voters-better-than-political-advertisements/

AI chatbots can sway voters better than political advertisements

A conversation with a chatbot can shift people's political views—but the most persuasive models also spread the most misinformation.

technologyreview.com

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https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/05/1128837/the-era-of-ai-persuasion-in-elections-is-about-to-begin/

The era of AI persuasion in elections is about to begin

AI is eminently capable of political persuasion and could automate it at a mass scale. We are not prepared.

technologyreview.com

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https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/05/1128730/harnessing-human-ai-collaboration-for-an-ai-roadmap-that-moves-beyond-pilots/

Harnessing human-AI collaboration for an AI roadmap that moves beyond pilots

In this exclusive webcast, Concentrix’s Ryan Peterson, Everest Group’s Shirley Hung, and Valmont’s Heidi Hough discuss turning AI ambitions into operational advantages.

technologyreview.com

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https://the-decoder.com/ai-agents-in-github-and-gitlab-workflows-create-new-enterprise-security-risks/

AI agents in GitHub and GitLab workflows create new enterprise security risks

Aikido Security warns that plugging AI agents into GitHub and GitLab workflows opens up a serious vulnerability in enterprise environments. The issue hits widely used tools like Gemini CLI, Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, and GitHub AI Inference.

the-decoder.com

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