arXiv AI June 16, 2026 By Andreas Einwiller, Max Klabunde, Florian Lemmerich

AuAu: A Benchmark for Auditing Authoritarian Alignment in Large Language Models

arXiv:2606. 16127v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The worldwide surge of authoritarianism, combined with the increasing central role in users' everyday lives, raises the question of to what extent specific models exhibit or promote authoritarian attitudes and characteristics.

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Jul 28

Auditing Alignment Controllability in LLMs via Political Axes

arXiv:2607. 23519v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Political audits of large language models (LLMs) usually reduce each to one point on a political compass.

By Bartol Bu\'can, Nikola So\v{c}ec, Sarah Isufi, Morena Grani\'c, Luka Hobor, Agneza Krajna, Mihael Kovac, Mario Brcic

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Auditing Alignment Controllability in LLMs via Political Axes

Political audits of large language models (LLMs) usually reduce each to one point on a political compass. But that resting point barely matters in deployment: a model must land somewhere, and what counts is how far, and in which directions, its answers can be steered.

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arXiv AI

Jun 17

From Democracies to Autocracies: How AI Systems Enable Authoritarianism by Design

arXiv:2606. 17286v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: AI-enabled authoritarianism is not confined to autocracies.

By Jeba Sania, Marta Ziosi, Fazl Barez

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Sep 1

How Identity and Opinion Shape Political Sycophancy in LLMs

arXiv:2608.29198v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: As Large Language Models (LLMs) increasingly encourage users to disclose personal profiles for tailored assistance, measuring their political alignment...

By Li-Ni Fu, Chang-Chih Meng, Chien-Hua Chen, Hen-Hsen Huang, I-Chen Wu

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arXiv Computation and Language

Sep 22

Auditing Political Alignment in LLM Assistants: Engagement, Stance, and User Identity

arXiv:2609.23039v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: LLM-based AI systems answer political questions for hundreds of millions of people. Current audits measure what they say to an average user, but their...

By Joan C. Timoneda

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arXiv Computation and Language

Sep 1

Political Ideology Shifts in Large Language Models

arXiv:2508.16013v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly deployed in politically sensitive contexts, raising concerns about their susceptibility to ideologica...

By Pietro Bernardelle, Stefano Civelli, Leon Fr\"ohling, Riccardo Lunardi, Kevin Roitero, Gianluca Demartini

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