An information strategy for the United States, the Afghanistan withdrawal, and the politics of artificial intelligence.
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The Brookings Brief

May 9, 2023

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ChatGPT and political bias
 

Within two months after its launch, ChatGPT had more than 100 million monthly active users. While the tool is impressive, it does have its flaws and biases. What happens when you force the chatbot to take a political position? Jeremy Baum and John Villasenor share results from their experiments.

 

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Taliban members drive in a convoy to celebrate the first anniversary of the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan
What the Biden administration’s Afghanistan report gets wrong
 

The Biden administration’s report on the Afghanistan withdrawal makes for disingenuous reading and suggests that the administration hasn’t seriously grappled with the debacle of the summer of 2021 or America’s larger role in the country, argues Madiha Afzal.

 

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An information strategy for the United States
 

To date, the United States and other liberal democracies have been slow to appreciate the nature of the information contest between democracies and autocracies. It’s time to develop a strategy in this domain to push back against Moscow and Beijing’s advances, says Jessica Brandt in recent congressional testimony.

 

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