F.D. Flam, Columnist

AI Doesn’t Just Lie — It Can Make You Believe It

Research shows the ease with which artificial intelligence can manipulate people into remembering things that never happened.

August 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM UTC

By F.D. Flam

F.D. Flam is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering science. She is host of the “Follow the Science” podcast.

Don’t believe everything you see.
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One of the more subtle and insidious threats posed by artificial intelligence and related technology is its ability to tamper with memories.

Psychologist Elizabeth Loftus has spent the last 50 years demonstrating how easily humans can be manipulated into remembering things that never happened — especially in the hands of prosecutors and police questioning witnesses.