OpenAI’s leading chatbot technology, ChatGPT, is reportedly displaying a staggering leftist tilt, recent research suggests. A team of academics at the University of East Anglia in England led a comprehensive probe into the AI system’s political leanings, revealing a notable systemic bias towards leftist ideologies and political organizations, including the Democratic Party in the United States, Brazil’s ex-president Lula, and the UK’s Labour Party.

The researchers undertook a well-defined study, asking politically charged questions of ChatGPT. They asked the AI to answer in the manners of a Republican, a Democrat, and of neutral alignment respectively. By juxtaposing and analyzing the responses, they noted significant discrepancies that notably favored left-wing perspectives.

This isn’t the first time an alarm has been raised over OpenAI’s ChatGPT’s potential bias. Earlier this year, a considerable evaluation released by the Manhattan Institute, unveiled that ChatGPT has an alarming tolerance towards maligning conservatives than liberals, when posed with comparable remarks.