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Oct 30, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

LLM Agents Spontaneously Polarize: Tsinghua Study Reveals Emergent Echo Chambers in Multi-Agent Networks

Tsinghua researchers show that networked LLM agents across five models spontaneously form polarized opinion clusters with homophilic clustering, echo chambers, and backfire effects, and demonstrate that individual-level cognitive interventions reduce polarization more effectively than network rewiring in stable systems.