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ArticleNature2025

Delegation to artificial intelligence can increase dishonest behaviour.

Nils Köbis, Zoe Rahwan, Raluca Rilla, Bramantyo Ibrahim Supriyatno, Clara Bersch, Tamer Ajaj, Jean-François Bonnefon, Iyad Rahwan

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Article in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Nils Köbis *Research Center Trustworthy Data Science and Security, University Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany. nils.koebis@uni-due.de.ORCID 0000-0002-0608-7333
Zoe Rahwan *Center for Adaptive Rationality, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany. zrahwan@mpib-berlin.mpg.de.ORCID 0000-0003-1506-0105
Raluca RillaCenter for Humans and Machines, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0009-0007-7588-2262
Bramantyo Ibrahim SupriyatnoCenter for Humans and Machines, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany.
Clara BerschCenter for Humans and Machines, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0009-0004-4715-8689
Tamer AjajCenter for Humans and Machines, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany.
Jean-François BonnefonToulouse School of Economics, CNRS (TSM-R), University of Toulouse Capitole, Toulouse, France. jean-francois.bonnefon@tse-fr.eu.ORCID 0000-0002-4959-188X
Iyad RahwanCenter for Humans and Machines, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany. rahwan@mpib-berlin.mpg.de.ORCID 0000-0002-1796-4303

Funding

Universität Duisburg-Essen
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although artificial intelligence enables productivity gains from delegating tasks to machines

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Artificial IntelligenceDeceptionHumansLarge Language Models

Identifiers

PMID40963011
PMCPMC12488497

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