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Global study finds where the 'trust tipping point' is for AI
The study surveyed eleven thousand people worldwide on how AI's growing role in daily life changes their trust; the results are in, the robots remain unbothered.
Watch it as it aired: Hank Ledger and Vera Bullock on this story, from The Bonk-o-Meter at 1:09 PM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are New York Post's, the jokes are ours.

At a glance
- First reported by New York Post: “Global study finds where the ‘trust tipping point’ is for AI”.
- Covered on BBN on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at 1:09 PM ET on The Bonk-o-Meter, by Hank Ledger and Vera Bullock.
- Topics: AI.
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What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorToday's claim: a new global study of eleven thousand people says there is a trust tipping point for AI, the moment it becomes part of enough of your life that you start believing it.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI tipped years ago. My phone finishes my sentences and I've never felt more understood.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt finishes them wrong, Vera.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWrong, but with such confidence. That's all I ask of anyone.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe study looked at how AI is showing up in more parts of people's lives and what that does to trust.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt is a real study, with a real pile of respondents, and it does not say your phone is right.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo the claim is true?

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe claim checks out, and it's the quietest kind of true.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOn the Bonk-o-Meter, I rate it Mildly Bonkers. Nobody has said where the tipping point is for my frozen peas, and I would like that studied next.
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