MIT's new research reveals that AI chatbots can effectively reduce belief in conspiracy theories. In a study with over 2,000 participants, around 20%...

Conversations with a generative AI model can produce a large and lasting decrease in conspiracy beliefs, even among people whose beliefs are deeply...

Research challenges conventional wisdom that evidence and arguments rarely help to change believers’ minds

Technology vs. cat-eating myths. Given the presidential debate this week, you probably heard plenty of misinformation and conspiracy theories. Indeed,...

In a series of experiments, the artificial chatbot was able to make more than a quarter of people feel uncertain about their most cherished conspiracy...

One of former President Donald Trump's latest conspiracy theories is that E. Jean Carroll, the writer who successfully sued him for sexual abuse and...

A Changing Landscape The emergence of mobile technology, social media, and high-speed internet has democratized live reporting, allowing...

Could you convince a person their fringe beliefs are wrong? Maybe not, but a new experimental chatbot has shown it’s up to the task in welcome news...

Could you convince a person their fringe beliefs are wrong? Maybe not, but a new experimental chatbot has shown it’s up to the task in welcome news...

One public employee tasked with overseeing elections in a battleground state's most populous county has post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and is...