Seven-minute chatbot conversation beats fact sheets at reducing conspiracy beliefs
The Decoder · rss · 2026-09-05
A study covered by The Decoder found that in two experiments, a roughly seven-minute conversation with Google Gemini reduced conspiracy beliefs about current crises more effectively than a static fact sheet — even with few verifiable facts available. Follow-up surveys weeks later showed the effect carried over to beliefs about entirely different events.
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