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How AI could help make society less selfish

The Care Bears taught a generation of kids that sharing is caring, but not everyone has carried this principle into adulthood. Researchers at Michigan State University have found a new angle to promote cooperation: artificial intelligence (AI). The results of this study, titled “Promoting cooperation in the public goods game using artificial intelligent agents,” are published in npj Complexity.

Social experiments assess ‘artificial’ altruism displayed by large language models

Altruism, the tendency to behave in ways that benefit others even if it comes at a cost to oneself, is a valuable human quality that can facilitate cooperation with others and promote meaningful social relationships. Behavioral scientists have been studying human altruism for decades, typically using tasks or games rooted…

August 23, 2025

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Mice and AI neural networks reveal similar patterns when learning to cooperate

At a time when conflict and division dominate the headlines, a new study from UCLA finds remarkable similarities in how mice and artificial intelligence systems each develop cooperation: working together toward shared goals.

September 26, 2025

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Q&A: ChatGPT acts more altruistically, cooperatively than humans

Modern artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT, is capable of mimicking human behaviors, but the former has more positive outcomes such as cooperation, altruism, trust and reciprocity.

February 23, 2024

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AI Generated Robotic Content