False information takes advantage of evolutionary adaptations for social harmony. Misinformation thrives by offering ...

AI may be fueling psychotic delusions in a phenomenon known as "AI psychosis" or "ChatGPT psychosis." New research explains ...

WILLIAM Kingdon Clifford was a Victorian-era English philosopher who did not live long enough (he died at age 33) to become ...

It's not that believers in conspiracy theories are massively overconfident; there is no data on that, because the studies ...

Tangherlini sees narratives like these, and the many other conspiracies that are rife in today’s internet culture, as a type of modern-day folklore. As a computational folklorist, he uses AI tools to ...

A new study warns of “AIPasta,” a strategy that uses generative AI to craft many slightly different versions of false claims to mimic widespread public belief.

False belief: “Illegal immigrants at the southern border are bringing fentanyl and massive drugs across the border.” Fact: Just 0.02% of people arrested by the Border Patrol for crossing ...

Belief in conspiracy theories is more than just a fringe phenomenon. From COVID-19 hoaxes to political cover-ups, conspiracy thinking has infiltrated every corner of society. Despite the ease of ...

In a group of 222 white medical students, half indicated they believed at least one of 11 false beliefs about racial physiological differences were possibly, probably or definitely true, according ...