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Sources for Cognitive-bias exploitation

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Federal Trade Commission · 2022 Staff report

Bringing Dark Patterns to Light (original source, new tab)

Describes deceptive interface design; many mechanisms predate AI and are not evidence of AI-specific prevalence.

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