Generative Artifi cial Intelligence as a Tool of Manipulation: Legal Challenges and the Limits of Regulation
https://doi.org/10.17803/2311-5998.2026.142.6.040-046
Abstract
This article presents a legal analysis of manipulative infl uence on human consciousness and behavior carried out by means of generative artifi cial intelligence (GAI) systems. Drawing on psychological and legal doctrine, the author formulates an original defi nition of AI-assisted manipulative infl uence as an independent legal category encompassing the political, commercial, interpersonal and psycho-emotional spheres. The article identifi es the principal technological mechanisms of such infl uence and cases of their manipulative deployment. The article puts forward proposals for the reform of Russian law, including the introduction of a statutory defi nition of AI-assisted manipulative infl uence, a direct prohibition on the development and use of AI systems with manipulative functionality, and institutional oversight mechanisms.
About the Author
S. V. Solovkin
Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Sergey V. Solovkin, Senior Lecturer of the Chair of Information Law and Digital echnologies, Research Fellow of the Research and Education Centre for Legal Regulation in the Field of High Technologies of the Research Institute, Cand. Sci. (Law)
9, ul. Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya, Moscow, 125993
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Solovkin S.V. Generative Artifi cial Intelligence as a Tool of Manipulation: Legal Challenges and the Limits of Regulation. Courier of Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL)). 2026;(6):40-46. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.17803/2311-5998.2026.142.6.040-046
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