United Kingdom, July 7 -- Experts have accused AI platforms of twisting online messages on sensitive political issues.

AI tools are increasingly being viewed as an easy way to draft or edit complex political thoughts for social media - but experts have warned that the approach comes with some potentially serious risks, too.

Professor Sandra Wachter has compared the impact of AI-produced messages to "polluting the forest".

The expert said: "The cost is that we are learning other people's opinions when it is not their actual opinion.

"It's completely profound. Language is one of the things making us human and all of a sudden a mediator is stepping into that process. AI is forcing itself in as a gatekeeper of knowledge and understanding....