New article in Nature: State media control influences large language models
Figured this would be relevant given the BSA stuff. Basically: "Here we show through six studies that government control of the media across the world already influences the output of LLMs via their training data." Enshittification loop between government controlled media and LLMs.
Source:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10506-7
[edited - sorry that this was regarded as misleading. The case study was Chinese, but in the light of increasing government influence over media in this country it seemed pertinent to me to be aware of the findings from elsewhere in the world which show that "LLMs exhibit a stronger pro-government valence in the languages of countries with lower media freedom than in those with higher media freedom." - Freedom which appears to be eroding in New Zealand due to concentration of ownership, scrapping the BSA and dirty tactics aimed at journalists who challenge the government. How is it not relevant that as the media space here becomes more influenced by this government there will likely be a corresponding effect on LLMs?]