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Talking to a chatbot may weaken someone’s belief in conspiracy theories

Facts presented by AI appear to help dismantle conspiratorial beliefs

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When chatbots deliver targeted, factual rebuttals to conspiracy theorists, their belief in the theory may wane, a new study shows.

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By Sujata Gupta

Know someone convinced that the moon landing was faked or the COVID-19 pandemic was a hoax? Debating with a sympathetic chatbot may help pluck people who believe in those and other conspiracy theories out of the rabbit hole, researchers report in the Sept.