Barely Significant
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The persuasive potential of AI-paraphrased information at scale.

PNAS Nexus · 2025 · PMC12281505 · PMID 40697191

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hedged sentences
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closest p · 1.5× alpha
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boldest claim

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marginal significanceP = 0.075so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)
CopyPasta conditions, participants in the AIPasta condition indicated having a directionally higher sharing intent, but this effect only reached marginal significance ( b = 0.083 , CI = [ − 0.008 , 0.175 ] , P = 0.075 ), failing to support H9 (see Fig. 5 for an overview).

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marginally significantno p-value reported
Control) on any of these three outcome variables (exact claim b = 0.133 , CI = [ − 0.021 , 0.287 ] , P = 0.091 ; broad claim b = 0.020 , CI = [ − 0.112 , 0.151 ] , P = 0.770 ; related claim b = 0.049 , CI = [ − 0.081 , 0.179 ] , P = 0.460 ), although the effect of exact claim is marginally significant in the predicted direction.

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