Gen Z Shifts Trust Toward AI Platforms

Societal trust has declined sharply over recent decades, with US adults saying 'most people can be trusted' falling from 46% in 1972 to 34% today and only 2% trusting Congress versus 73% six decades ago. The article reports Gen Z increasingly redirects trust to peers, influencers and AI, cites studies where chatbots reduced conspiratorial beliefs, and urges ethical policy use of AI for deradicalisation.