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Chatbots can persuade people to stop believing in conspiracy theories

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Summary
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77% Informative

Researchers from MIT Sloan and Cornell University found that chatting about a conspiracy theory with a large language model reduced people’s belief in it by about 20% .

The findings could represent an important step forward in how we engage with and educate people who espouse baseless theories.

OpenAI has released a new ChatGPT bot that you can talk to.

The voice-enabled chatbot will be available to a small group of people today , and to all ChatGpt Plus users in the fall .

The bot is available for a limited time only.

VR Score

82

Informative language

83

Neutral language

41

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

52

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

long-living

Source diversity

1

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