{"id":204035,"date":"2026-04-20T08:33:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T12:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/20\/most-people-do-not-realize-when-a-personal-message-they-receive-was-written-by-ai-study-finds\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T09:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T13:20:10","slug":"most-people-do-not-realize-when-a-personal-message-they-receive-was-written-by-ai-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/20\/most-people-do-not-realize-when-a-personal-message-they-receive-was-written-by-ai-study-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Most people do not realize when a personal message they receive was written by AI, study finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/most-people-do-not-realize-when-a-personal-message-they-receive-was-written-by-ai-study-finds-278874\">Most people do not realize when a personal message they receive was written by AI, study finds<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/most-people-do-not-realize-when-a-personal-message-they-receive-was-written-by-ai-study-finds-278874\">https:\/\/theconversation.com\/most-people-do-not-realize-when-a-personal-message-they-receive-was-written-by-ai-study-finds-278874<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-04-20 08:33:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"theconversation.com\">theconversation.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The study investigated how people&#8217;s perceptions of a message&#8217;s author affect their judgment, focusing on AI-generated messages.<\/li>\n<li>Researchers recruited over 1,300 participants, ages 18 to 84, and presented them with AI-generated messages in different contexts regarding authorship.<\/li>\n<li>A significant &#8220;AI disclosure penalty&#8221; 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