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AI chatbots distort the news, BBC finds - see what they get wrong
Four major AI chatbots are churning out "significant inaccuracies" and "distortions" when asked to summarize news stories, according to a BBC investigation. OpenAI's ChatGPT, Microsoft's Copilot, Google's Gemini, and Perplexity AI were each presented with news content from BBC's website and then asked questions about the news.
AI chatbots unable to accurately summarise news, BBC finds
Four major artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots are inaccurately summarising news stories, according to research carried out by the BBC. The BBC gave OpenAI's ChatGPT, Microsoft's Copilot, Google's Gemini and Perplexity AI content from the BBC website then asked them questions about the news.
AI chatbots are distorting news stories, BBC finds
News summaries from ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, and Perplexity contained ‘significant issues,’ a BBC study found.
AI Chatbots Are Still Bad at Facts, Says BBC Study
The study revealed that those popular AI assistants often gave incorrect information and distorted the facts in their replies. A set of 100 questions was asked to AI assistants ab
91% of AI News Responses Show Problems, BBC Finds
BBC study finds leading AI chatbots consistently distort news content, raising concerns about information accuracy and trust.
BBC: Chatbots distort the facts about news
You can't always be certain that the information provided by generative AI tools is accurate, a BBC study shows.
AI is bad at news, BBC finds
AI applications, including Gemini and ChatGPT, had over half of summaries of news stories rated by journalists as having "significant issues." AI inaccuracies include false statements about health recommendations,
AI chatbots distort and mislead when asked about the news, BBC study finds
More than half of the AI-generated answers provided by ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini and Perplexity were judged to have ‘significant issues,’ according to the study by the BBC. The errors included stating that Rishi Sunak was still the prime minister and that Nicola Sturgeon was still Scotland’s first minister;
AI Chatbots Have “Significant Inaccuracies” When Summarizing News, BBC Says; Top Exec Deborah Turness Says Tech Firms Are “Playing With Fire”
Generative AI chatbots run by OpenAI, Microsoft, Google and Perplexity showed "substantial inaccuracies" when summarizing the ...
DeepSeek: What lies under the bonnet of the new AI chatbot?
Tumbling stock market values and wild claims have accompanied the release of a new AI chatbot by a small Chinese company.
AI chatbots ‘unable to accurately summarise news’
A study by the BBC found that four major chatbots – including ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini – struggled to accurately summarise ...
Leading AI Chatbots Like Copilot, ChatGPT, And Gemini Provide Misleading And Fake News Summary; Study Reveals
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) carried out a study on the accuracy of four prominent AI chatbots, namely, ...
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