AI chatbots are supposed to expand your creativity, not quietly narrow it. But new research suggests that’s exactly what may be happening when you rely on them too heavily.
A study published in Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence shows that leading models, including Gemini, GPT, and Llama, often land in the same conceptual territory when tackling creative tasks. On their own, many responses feel original and useful. When you zoom out, though, a different pattern emerges. Across many prompts and users, outputs begin to converge.
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Researchers compared human participants with a wide range of AI models using standard creativity tests, like brainstorming new uses for everyday objects or listing unrelated words. Individually, AI held up well. As a group, its ideas were far less spread out.
Different bots, same patterns
The team didn’t focus on just one system. It tested more than 20 models from
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