{
  "id": 246295,
  "title": "Reducing belief in conspiracy theories as they unfold using large language models",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/reducing-belief-in-conspiracy-theories-as-they-unfold-using-large",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-06T15:18:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "arXiv cs.AI",
    "slug": "arxiv-cs-ai",
    "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.06151v1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The emergence of conspiracy theories in the wake of major events is a significant societal challenge. Here we test whether conversational dialogues with a large language model (LLM) can reduce belief in immediately unfolding conspiracies. In experiments conducted in the days following the July 2024 assassination attempt on Donald Trump and the September 2025 assassination of Charlie Kirk, U.S.…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}