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Nils Köbis

@nckobis.bsky.social
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Professor for Human Understanding of Algorithms and Machines @Research Center Trustworthy Data Science and Security in Duisburg

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Nils Köbis @nckobis.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Many people worry that AI-assisted writing feels “less authentic” and may erode trust. So we tested it in two preregistered, incentivized trust-game experiments (N = 1,637), which just got published in iScience (Cell Press) More details 👇
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Nature @nature.com · 20/09/2025
And LLMs are more likely than a human intermediary to comply with prompts that promote cheating go.nature.com/3VnGUpG
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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?
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Nils Köbis @nckobis.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
We are on the cover of @nature.com! Academic dream come true!🤩
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Iyad Rahwan | إياد رهوان @iyadrahwan.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
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
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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
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Nils Köbis @nckobis.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Thanks for covering our work @elpais.com
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Nature @nature.com · 18/09/2025
Nature research paper: Delegation to artificial intelligence can increase dishonest behaviour go.nature.com/3KsDgbG
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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.
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Mary Elizabeth Sutherland @meharpist.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
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...
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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 ...
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Iyad Rahwan | إياد رهوان @iyadrahwan.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
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 · 17/09/2025
🚨 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...
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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 ...
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Nils Köbis @nckobis.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
💭 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...
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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...
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Nils Köbis @nckobis.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
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
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EASP Group Meeting The Future of Behavioral Ethics: Social Perspectives on Dishonesty
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Christian T. Elbaek @celbaek.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
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...
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EASP Group Meeting The Future of Behavioral Ethics: Social Perspectives on Dishonesty
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