Seven minutes with a chatbot beat a fact sheet at reducing conspiracy beliefs in two experiments
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Researchers found that even a roughly seven-minute conversation with Google Gemini can reduce conspiracy beliefs about current crises, even when few verified facts are available. The effect beat a static fact sheet and, in follow-up surveys weeks later, carried over to beliefs about entirely differ…
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- 2026-09-05 12:39 · The Decoder
Seven minutes with a chatbot beat a fact sheet at reducing conspiracy beliefs in two experiments