Robots can lie and deceive like humans, says study

Just like humans, robots can lie and deceive, according to a study on Thursday that shows how emerging technologies like generative AI can be used to manipulate users.

The team from George Mason University in the US aimed to explore "an understudied facet of robot ethics" to understand mistrust towards emerging technologies and their developers.

To determine if people can tolerate lying from robots, the team asked nearly 500 participants to rank and explain various forms of robot deception.