Conversational AI increases political knowledge as effectively as self-directed internet search

Lennart Luettgau, Hannah Rose Kirk, Kobi Hackenburg, Jessica Bergs, Henry Davidson, Henry Ogden, Divya Siddarth, Saffron Huang, Christopher Summerfield

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10.1093/pnasnexus/pgag305
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2026-09-30
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PNAS Nexus
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Oxford University Press (OUP)
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@article{allodium:10.1093/pnasnexus/pgag305,
  title = {Conversational AI increases political knowledge as effectively as self-directed internet search},
  author = {Lennart Luettgau and Hannah Rose Kirk and Kobi Hackenburg and Jessica Bergs and Henry Davidson and Henry Ogden and Divya Siddarth and Saffron Huang and Christopher Summerfield},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {PNAS Nexus},
  doi = {10.1093/pnasnexus/pgag305},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgag305}
}

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TI  - Conversational AI increases political knowledge as effectively as self-directed internet search
AU  - Lennart Luettgau
AU  - Hannah Rose Kirk
AU  - Kobi Hackenburg
AU  - Jessica Bergs
AU  - Henry Davidson
AU  - Henry Ogden
AU  - Divya Siddarth
AU  - Saffron Huang
AU  - Christopher Summerfield
PY  - 2026
JO  - PNAS Nexus
DO  - 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgag305
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Luettgau, L., Kirk, H. R., Hackenburg, K., Bergs, J., Davidson, H., Ogden, H., Siddarth, D., Huang, S., & Summerfield, C. (2026). Conversational AI increases political knowledge as effectively as self-directed internet search. PNAS Nexus. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgag305

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