AI systems are the perfect companions for cheaters and liars finds groundbreaking research on dishonesty

Two robotic faces in green and red indicating a good bot and a bad bot representing the positive and negative impacts of AI and chatbots.

• AI study finds machines more likely than humans to follow dishonest instructions
• Researchers warn that delegating to AI lowers moral cost of cheating
• Guardrails reduce but don't remove dishonesty in machine decision making

A new study has warned delegating decisions to artificial intelligence can breed dishonesty.