Brown: Studies show AI content is more centrist than traditional news
Campbell Brown · How AI Should Handle News, Politics, Medicine, and Mental Health — With Campbell Brown · Aug 26, 2026 · at 11:55
Campbell Brown discusses research shared by Wharton professor Adam Grant regarding AI neutrality compared to social media and news.
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“There are actually some studies, I was talking to Adam Grant, who is a brilliant professor at the University of Pennsylvania, who is sharing some information with me about just recent studies looking at how content that is on AI that people are getting from AI is, is more centrist or bringing a broader range of perspectives to the conversation than you would get with traditional news or with social media.”
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