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Nils Köbis @nckobis.bsky.social · 6d

We are on the cover of @nature.com!
Academic dream come true!🤩

Iyad Rahwan | إياد رهوان @iyadrahwan.bsky.social · 13d

Now out in Scientific American. Great interview with @nckobis.bsky.social & Zoe Rahwan about our recent @nature.com article.

People Are More Likely to Cheat When They Use AI

www.scientificamerican.com/article/peop...

Thanks @rachelnuwer.bsky.social & @parshallison.bsky.social

People Are More Likely to Cheat When They Use AI

Participants in a new study were more likely to cheat when delegating to AI—especially if they could encourage machines to break rules without explicitly asking for it

www.scientificamerican.com

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Nils Köbis @nckobis.bsky.social · 17d

Thanks for covering our work @elpais.com

EL PAÍS Ciencia y Tecnología @elpaiscyt.bsky.social · 17d

La gente hace muchas más trampas si usa IA: “Son niveles de engaño que no habíamos visto”
elpais.com/tecnologia/2...

La gente hace muchas más trampas si usa IA: “Son niveles de engaño que no habíamos visto”

Un estudio muestra que delegar en una máquina tan complaciente con las peticiones humanas multiplica las decisiones poco éticas. Los autores creen que el diseño de las plataformas debe cambiar para ev...

elpais.com

EL PAÍS Ciencia y Tecnología @elpaiscyt.bsky.social · 17d

La gente hace muchas más trampas si usa IA: “Son niveles de engaño que no habíamos visto”
elpais.com/tecnologia/2...

La gente hace muchas más trampas si usa IA: “Son niveles de engaño que no habíamos visto”

Un estudio muestra que delegar en una máquina tan complaciente con las peticiones humanas multiplica las decisiones poco éticas. Los autores creen que el diseño de las plataformas debe cambiar para ev...

elpais.com

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Nature @nature.com · 21d

And LLMs are more likely than a human intermediary to comply with prompts that promote cheating

go.nature.com/3VnGUpG

People are more likely to cheat when they delegate tasks to AI

Artificial intelligence is moving from being a mere tool to an active partner in decision-making, but when we offload misconduct to machines, who bears the blame?

go.nature.com

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Mary Elizabeth Sutherland @meharpist.bsky.social · 23d

Would you let AI (LLMs) cheat for you? New work out in @nature.com shows that people are indeed willing to instruct AI in ways that will benefit themselves, despite not being totally honest. Great work by @nckobis.bsky.social and @iyadrahwan.bsky.social et al 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Delegation to artificial intelligence can increase dishonest behaviour - Nature

People cheat more when they delegate tasks to artificial intelligence, and large language models are more likely than humans to comply with unethical instructions—a risk that can be minimized by ...

www.nature.com

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Nature @nature.com · 23d

Nature research paper: Delegation to artificial intelligence can increase dishonest behaviour

go.nature.com/3KsDgbG

Delegation to artificial intelligence can increase dishonest behaviour - Nature

People cheat more when they delegate tasks to artificial intelligence, and large language models are more likely than humans to comply with unethical instructions—a risk that can be minimized by introducing prohibitive, task-specific guardrails.

go.nature.com

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Iyad Rahwan | إياد رهوان @iyadrahwan.bsky.social · 24d

Would you let AI cheat for you?

Our new paper in @nature.com, 5 years in the making, is out today.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Nils Köbis @nckobis.bsky.social · 24d

🚨 Beyond excited that our new paper is out today in @natureportfolio.nature.com

We find that people are more likely to cheat when they delegate to AI than when acting themselves.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Delegation to artificial intelligence can increase dishonest behaviour - Nature

People cheat more when they delegate tasks to artificial intelligence, and large language models are more likely than humans to comply with unethical instructions—a risk that can be minimized by ...

www.nature.com

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Nils Köbis @nckobis.bsky.social · May 15

💭 Can shorter policies prevent corruption?
In a field experiment, we tested if concise, infographic anti-bribery policies improve employee rule knowledge & reduce corruption.
Spoiler: They didn’t. 🚫
-> social norms turned out to be the real driver.
open-access paper here: doi.org/10.1111/rego...

Is Less More? Field Evidence on the Impact of Anti‐Bribery Policies on Employee Knowledge and Corrupt Behavior

Companies increasingly adopt internal norms to enhance compliance with legal rules. However, the rapid growth in volume and complexity of such internal rules may obstruct employee knowledge and under...

doi.org

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Nils Köbis @nckobis.bsky.social · Jan 6

Workshop opportunity this May in Berlin
With @celbaek.bsky.social, Janis Zickfeld and Zoe Rahwan, we are organizing an EASP Group Meeting on The Future of Behavioral Ethics: Social Perspectives on Dishonesty @easpinfo.bsky.social
More info: www.easp.eu/news/itm/eas...
Deadline: 31st of Jan

EASP Group Meeting The Future of Behavioral Ethics: Social Perspectives on Dishonesty

Social Psychology News Articles

www.easp.eu

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Christian T. Elbaek @celbaek.bsky.social · Jan 6

Interested in social perspectives on dishonesty?

We are organising a EASP group meeting on the future of behavioral ethics, in Berlin in May.

We invite researchers of all career stages to present their work on dishonesty.

You can find all info here:
www.easp.eu/news/itm/eas...

EASP Group Meeting The Future of Behavioral Ethics: Social Perspectives on Dishonesty

Social Psychology News Articles

www.easp.eu

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