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• Research & Data Quality
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Decoding AI’s Bias: What Loss Aversion Means for Advertising Research

• ARF

This experiment, part of the ARF’s “Psychology of Gen AI” series, reveals how models like ChatGPT not only replicate human cognitive biases, such as loss aversion, but also compress variability into uniform patterns. This raises concerns for advertising researchers who rely on authentic insights into consumer behavior.

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The Psychology of Gen AI: The Bias Beneath the Average: What Loss Aversion Reveals About How AI Thinks: Deep Dive

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The Psychology of Gen AI: The Bias Beneath the Average: What Loss Aversion Reveals About How AI Thinks

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The Psychology of Gen AI: PG VS. R: The Psychology of Prompted Thought: Deep Dive

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The Psychology of Gen AI: PG VS. R: The Psychology of Prompted Thought

• Past Event Highlights
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ATTENTION 2025

• ARF

Industry leaders gathered at ATTENTION 2025 on June 5 to explore the evolving science of attention measurement in advertising. This event featured new research from advertisers, agencies, and academics, including preliminary findings from Phase 3 of the Attention Measurement Validation Initiative. Attendees gained actionable insights into scalable attention metrics, their role in optimizing creative and media strategies, and how brands can better identify and engage audiences to drive results.

• Article

What is Your LLM’s Worldview?

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Dimensionalizing the Value of Brands in an Attention Economy