Misleading AI-Generated Summaries Can Distort Human Memory
A Georgetown and University of Washington study found that a ChatGPT summary with one wrong detail cut correct recall of a traffic sign from 83.6% to 44.8%, whether people thought AI or a human wrote it. Every AI summary the team generated also omitted central facts. We explain the method, the numbers, the 50-year-old memory research behind them, and the controls organisations need.
