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September 27, 2025Journalism

AI-reporters as the future of journalism? Investigating recipients’ credibility evaluations of AI-authored news

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RLRobin LeuppertCWCarina WeinmannJEJan Eiden

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Experiment reveals AI-authored articles rated lower in credibility than human-authored ones, suggesting implications for journalism.

Key Points

  • AI-authored articles are deemed less credible than human-authored counterparts, highlighting challenges for AI in journalism.
  • The study involved 844 participants comparing pro and contra arguments across different author labels, exploring credibility perceptions.
  • Control for attitudinal congruence showed a strong influence on credibility evaluations of news, emphasizing audience biases.
  • Findings indicate AI trust influences message credibility directly, but the expected interactions with author labels were not significant.

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Leuppert et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d7b3ddeebfec0fc5236687https://doi.org/10.1177/14648849251382484
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