“Or they could just not use it?”: The Paradox of AI Disclosure for Audience Trust in News
Benjamin Toff,
Felix M. Simon
Abstract:The adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in the production and distribution of news has generated theoretical, normative, and practical concerns around the erosion of journalistic authority and autonomy and the spread of misinformation. With trust in news already low in many places worldwide, both scholars and practitioners are wary of how the public will respond to news generated through automated methods, prompting calls for labeling of AI-generated content. In this study, we present results… Show more
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