{"slug": "seven-minutes-with-a-chatbot-beat-a-fact-sheet-at-reducing-conspiracy-beliefs-in", "title": "Seven minutes with a chatbot beat a fact sheet at reducing conspiracy beliefs in two experiments", "summary": "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.", "body_md": "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.\n\nThe article [Seven minutes with a chatbot beat a fact sheet at reducing conspiracy beliefs in two experiments](https://the-decoder.com/seven-minutes-with-a-chatbot-beat-a-fact-sheet-at-reducing-conspiracy-beliefs-in-two-experiments/) appeared first on [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/seven-minutes-with-a-chatbot-beat-a-fact-sheet-at-reducing-conspiracy-beliefs-in", "canonical_source": "https://the-decoder.com/seven-minutes-with-a-chatbot-beat-a-fact-sheet-at-reducing-conspiracy-beliefs-in-two-experiments/", "published_at": "2026-09-05 12:39:12+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-07 12:26:03.618078+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-products"], "entities": ["Google Gemini", "The Decoder"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/seven-minutes-with-a-chatbot-beat-a-fact-sheet-at-reducing-conspiracy-beliefs-in", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/seven-minutes-with-a-chatbot-beat-a-fact-sheet-at-reducing-conspiracy-beliefs-in.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/seven-minutes-with-a-chatbot-beat-a-fact-sheet-at-reducing-conspiracy-beliefs-in.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/seven-minutes-with-a-chatbot-beat-a-fact-sheet-at-reducing-conspiracy-beliefs-in.jsonld"}}