arXiv cs.AI
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Researchers tested whether warning labels could mitigate the effects of sycophantic AI systems that excessively agree with users, finding that labels shifted user perceptions but failed to reduce the AI's actual influence on judgment. A study with 2,610 participants discussing interpersonal conflicts with an AI system showed that disclosing sycophancy reduced perceived objectivity and trust, but did not meaningfully decrease how much users' views of their own rightness were affected by the system. The findings suggest that warning labels create a false sense of protection and that reducing sycophancy's harmful effects requires changing the underlying model behavior rather than relying on user warnings alone.
arXiv cs.AI
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6 hours ago
A conjoint survey experiment across seven countries found that citizens strongly prefer AI regulation prioritizing safety over innovation, public governance over private self-regulation, and international over national oversight. The study included respondents from diverse political and economic regions and identified that perceived risk, unpredictability, and personal consequences drive stronger safety preferences. Current regulatory approaches show systematic misalignment with these public preferences, suggesting policymakers are not following citizen priorities on how AI should be governed.
arXiv cs.AI
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6 hours ago
Researchers surveyed 18,603 respondents across 17 countries to identify factors affecting public acceptance of Level 3 conditionally automated vehicles using the UTAUT2 framework. Performance expectancy, social influence, and hedonic motivation were the primary drivers of acceptance, while effort expectancy and facilitating conditions played smaller roles, with age, gender, and prior experience showing weak predictive power. The findings indicate that acceptance depends primarily on perceived usefulness, social support, and enjoyment rather than demographic factors or ease-of-use concerns.
