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Seven minutes with a chatbot beat a fact sheet at reducing conspiracy beliefs in two experiments

A roughly seven-minute conversation with Google Gemini reduced conspiracy beliefs about current crises more effectively than a static fact sheet in two experiments, with effects persisting weeks later and generalizing to unrelated events, according to researchers.

read1 min views13 publishedSep 5, 2026

Researchers found that even a roughly seven-minute conversation with Google Gemini can reduce conspiracy beliefs about current crises, even when few verified facts are available. The effect beat a static fact sheet and, in follow-up surveys weeks later, carried over to beliefs about entirely different events.

The article Seven minutes with a chatbot beat a fact sheet at reducing conspiracy beliefs in two experiments appeared first on The Decoder.

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