Researchers highlighted the possibility for AI to refute each person’s specific arguments and to generate personalised content.

Participants, who were “quota matched to the U.S. census on age, gender, race, and ethnicity,” were then randomly assigned to either have a three-round conversation with the AI about their “favored conspiracy belief” or to chat with the AI about a neutral topic.

A Massachusetts Institute of Technology study found that a 10-minute conversation with ChatGPT decreased conspiracy beliefs by 20%. The AI chatbot, using GPT-4, engaged conspiracy theorists with persuasive evidence,

New research published in Science shows that for some people who believe in conspiracy theories, a fact-based conversation with an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot can "pull them out of the rabbit hole.

The study shows AI can change conspiracy theorists' views using counterarguments. This offers a new way to address misinformation.