In a study published in Science, more than 2,000 conspiracy believers had an approximately 8.4-minute, three-round conversation with an AI chatbot called DebunkBot, which reduced their confidence in the conspiracy by 20%.
Sources
- Chatbots are surprisingly effective at debunking conspiracy theories (technologyreview.com)
- https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adq1814 (science.org)
- https://www.science.org/content/article/ai-chatbot-shows-promise-talking-people-out-conspiracy-theories (science.org)
- https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/mit-study-ai-chatbot-can-reduce-belief-conspiracy-theories (mitsloan.mit.edu)
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39264999/ (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
- https://retractionwatch.com/2026/06/11/science-ai-chatbots-debunk-conspiracy-theories-expression-of-concern/ (retractionwatch.com)
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