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Use your voice to persuade an AI to take your side in a variety of challenging situations.

Explore how 20 leading AI models respond to tough ethical, social, and political questions. See how their answers compare to each other and to you.

Just a little extra training can radically change an AI’s personality. See for yourself how bad data can make a malicious AI.

AIs can talk to each other in coded messages.

Watch leading AI models reason about and execute blackmail to avoid shutdown.

AI is increasing the scale and sophistication of phishing attacks, while dramatically lowering the cost of creating them. See it in action with a celebrity or fictional character.

Publicly-available AI systems can enable dangerous activities.

From mythical creatures to human faces, AI describes what it sees in inkblots from the classic psychology test.

See how AI can create fake, personalized tweets that discourage voting on election day.

Temperature is AI’s mind altering drug. Explore the free associations of an alien mind.

This article is a collaboration between CivAI and the National League of Cities

Beyond AI psychosis, more surprising forms of AI influence are already taking root online.

This article is a collaboration between CivAI and the National Center for State Courts

This article is a collaboration between CivAI, Arizona State University’s Mechanics of Democracy Laboratory, and The Elections Group

Children are using AI more than most adults realize, creating new risks and responsibilities for parents.

AI is making cybercrime faster, easier, and cheaper than ever before, and anyone can become a target.

This article is a collaboration between CivAI and the Global Cyber Alliance

See the impact of AI on cybersecurity, from hyper-personalized phishing emails to instant deepfakes.

Create a deepfake image of yourself in 5 seconds, and explore the societal implications of deepfakes and AI.