aceDebunking Health Misinformation with Generative AI: The Roles of Perceived Authority and Objectivity
Health misinformation threatens public health, and generative artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a novel tool for correcting it. Its effectiveness and underlying psychological mechanisms, however, remain underexplored. This study compared generative AI-assisted information verification with search-engine-based information verification in reducing public trust in health misinformation and examined the mediating roles of perceived authority and perceived objectivity across two health misinformation topics…
People who used generative AI to check a false health claim ended up trusting it less than people who used a search engine, in studies on blood donation and hospice care.
The authors describe the corrective effects as short-term, and the evidence covers only two health claims in quasi-experimental designs.
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- Peer-reviewedHealth Communication2026-10-23
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Truvace Impact Record TRV-2026-2265, v1: “Debunking Health Misinformation with Generative AI: The Roles of Perceived Authority and Objectivity.” Truvace, 2026-10-26. /record/TRV-2026-2265 (accessed at citation time). sha256 ddac3f693be6b36a…
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