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Seven minutes with a chatbot beat a fact sheet at reducing conspiracy beliefs in two experiments

Google Gemini can reduce conspiracy beliefs after a seven‑minute chat. Researchers ran two experiments where participants conversed with the model for about seven minutes, and the effect outperformed a static fact sheet. Follow‑up surveys weeks later showed the belief change carried over to unrelated events, suggesting conversational AI can influence misinformation resilience.

The Decoder·Sep 5, 2026

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