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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Raphael Boyd

BIZARRE: Ai can spontaneously develop human like communication study finds - What They Never Told You

A closeup shot of a person using a laptop showing a futuristic computer user interface
In the study, groups of AI agents such as ChatGPT began to actively try to coordinate their behaviour. Photograph: ktasimar/Alamy

Artificial intelligence can spontaneously develop human-like social conventions, a study has found.

The research, undertaken in collaboration between City St George’s, University of London and the IT University of Copenhagen, suggests that when large language model (LLM) AI agents such as ChatGPT communicate in groups without outside involvement they can begin to adopt linguistic forms and social norms the same way that humans do when they socialise.

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