https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/08/16/robtos_persuade_kids/

Children are more likely than adults to buckle under peer pressure from robots, according to a study published in Science on Wednesday.

“People are known to change their behavior and decisions to conform to others, even for obviously incorrect facts. Because of recent developments in artificial intelligence and robotics, robots are increasingly found in human environments, and there, they form a novel social presence,” the paper’s abstract reads.