In a study published in the Journal of Applied Psychology, researchers found evidence that artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots, employing sophisticated machine learning algorithms, can effectively infer personality traits from text interactions. This innovative approach, tested on over one thousand undergraduate students, demonstrates a potential new frontier in personality assessment — and may offer an alternative to traditional methods, such as questionnaires. The study builds on existing personality assessment methods. In the past, personality traits have been measured through self-report…