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6 October 2026

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Out-of-sync sleep schedules may steer people toward AI for dating and job assessments

Life often gets in the way of going to bed in sync with our circadian rhythm and getting enough sleep.

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Too tired to be judged by humans?

Across four experiments, greater social jet lag was linked to stronger preference for AI evaluators, largely through social anxiety — and the effect depended on whether AI was framed as neutral.

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