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70% of Extremely Confident Viewers Mistook AI Ads for Real in Our Test

A 2026 survey reports 70% of extremely confident viewers mistook at least one AI ad image for real. Exploratory, four-image task; subgroup base unpublished.

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Meta AI Vibes: current features, limits and workflow

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