Perceptions of AI-generated informational texts and effects of the source: An online experiment.

IF 3.3 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED

Applied psychology. Health and well-being Pub Date : 2026-10-01 DOI:10.1111/aphw.70223

Laura M König, Maren C Podszun, Wolfgang Gaissmaier, Helge Giese

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Abstract

Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming increasingly common for health information seeking, yet many people are still skeptical of its performance. This between-subjects online experiment tested whether informing readers that a text was produced by AI influenced their ratings in 774 participants. They were randomly assigned to read one of six brief texts and rated trustworthiness, interest, and perceived understanding, as well as intention to act upon the received information and willingness to share the information with others. Source information did not influence ratings, but only 41.5% of participants in the AI source condition noticed the source. Source awareness was associated with higher education and greater nutrition knowledge. Nutrition information produced by AI chatbots is generally seen as trustworthy, although source information is often ignored. Our research highlights critical implications for public health messaging in the digital age as consumers may not differentiate between information generated by AI versus other sources, although future research is required to assess source perceptions in AI-generated texts in more detail.

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对人工智能生成的信息文本的感知和来源的影响：一项在线实验。

人工智能（AI）在健康信息搜索中变得越来越普遍，但许多人仍然对其性能持怀疑态度。在774名参与者中，这项在线实验测试了告知读者一篇文章是由人工智能制作的是否会影响他们的评分。他们被随机分配阅读六篇短文中的一篇，并对可信性、兴趣、感知理解、根据收到的信息采取行动的意愿以及与他人分享信息的意愿进行评分。来源信息不影响评分，但在人工智能来源条件下，只有41.5%的参与者注意到了来源。来源意识与高等教育和更多的营养知识有关。人工智能聊天机器人产生的营养信息通常被认为是值得信赖的，尽管来源信息经常被忽略。我们的研究强调了数字时代对公共卫生信息传递的重要影响，因为消费者可能无法区分人工智能与其他来源产生的信息，尽管未来的研究需要更详细地评估人工智能生成文本中的来源感知。

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Applied psychology. Health and well-being PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED-

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12.10

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2.90%

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期刊介绍： Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being is a triannual peer-reviewed academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the International Association of Applied Psychology. It was established in 2009 and covers applied psychology topics such as clinical psychology, counseling, cross-cultural psychology, and environmental psychology.