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arXiv: cs.AI preprintsInternational5 November 2026

Just the Facts: How Dialogues with AI Reduce Conspiracy Beliefs

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arXiv:2611.05572v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Personalized dialogues with AI substantially reduce conspiracy beliefs. To identify why, we conducted two experiments with U.S. adults recruited online (total N = 2,193) that removed possible causes one at a time. The debunking effect was robust to disclosing the AI's persuasive goal, framing the exchange as a debate, instructing the AI to inform rather than persuade, halving its response length, altering how beliefs were measured, and replacing the dialogue with a single tailored message. Only instructing the AI to persuade without factual evi
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