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Are ChatGPT-Generated Headlines Better Attention Grabbers than Human-Authored Ones? An Assessment of Salient Features Driving Engagement with Online Media (doi.org)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

TLDR: Yes, because click bait.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yes and no. The ChatGPT headlines got more clicks, whether they were clickbait or informative:

The article’s original headline received the lowest interest score, gathering only 29.2% of responses. This result indicates that the original headlines are less effective at capturing readers’ attention as compared to those generated by ChatGPT, whether clickbait or informative.