The Chatbot Version of Truth: A Study on the Spread of Narratives Through AI Chatbots
Journal: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Year: 2025

This report analyses how Large Language Models (LLMs) shape, and occasionally distort, geopolitical narratives, focusing on Kosovo and the Western Balkans within a broader global comparison. While these models' chatbots enable fast, fluent, and large-scale content generation, they prioritise plausibility over truth, making them susceptible to how user questions are formulated (prompting) and to other forms of user interference. Through 100 standardized prompts, 13 interviews with experts, and an