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AI Use Renders People Worse At Detecting Fake News

News consumers who used artificial intelligence (AI) systems to verify facts were less able to detect misinformation when they stopped using AI chatbots, MIT Media Lab has found. By week four of the study, their performance had declined by 15%, although roughly 25% felt they were getting better after dropping AI. Often called the “AI dependency paradox,” this phenomenon has been observed in a wide range of knowledge domains, including medical.

 

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