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Do you trust a human or an AI more?

2024 · Humans vs AI · Source: California Management Review (2024) · Electronic Commerce Research (2025) · doi.org/10.1007/s10660-025-10048-6

The same recommendation lands differently depending on who makes it. The source — a human expert or an AI — changes trust, reactions and choices.

And there's no single answer: for some products AI is more persuasive, for others the human touch still matters. Knowing when to use which is a concrete lever.

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