The Answer Bot Effect (ABE): A powerful new form of influence made possible by intelligent personal assistants and search engines

• Robert Epstein ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: re@aibrt.org

  Affiliation American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology, Vista, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7484-6282

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• Vivian Lee,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology, Vista, California, United States of America

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• Roger Mohr,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology, Vista, California, United States of America

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• Vanessa R. Zankich

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology, Vista, California, United States of America

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