About one in four participants who initially believed a conspiracy theory said they no longer believed it after talking with DebunkBot.
Sources
- Chatbots are surprisingly effective at debunking conspiracy theories (technologyreview.com)
- https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/mit-study-ai-chatbot-can-reduce-belief-conspiracy-theories (mitsloan.mit.edu)
- https://www.seattletimes.com/business/technology/this-chatbot-pulls-people-away-from-conspiracy-theories/ (seattletimes.com)
- https://www.american.edu/cas/news/ai-debunkbot-conspiracy-theories-costello.cfm (american.edu)
- https://www.vice.com/en/article/debunkbot-conspiracy-theory-ai-chatbot/ (vice.com)
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