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Title: AI Assistants Misrepresent News Content 45% of the Time

Link: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/10/22/2011...

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: New research coordinated by
the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC has found that AI
assistants -- already a daily information gateway for millions of people --
routinely misrepresent news content no matter which language, territory, or
AI platform is tested. The intensive international study of unprecedented
scope and scale was launched at the EBU News Assembly, in Naples. Involving
22 public service media (PSM) organizations in 18 countries working in 14
languages, it identified multiple systemic issues across four leading AI
tools. Professional journalists from participating PSM evaluated more than
3,000 responses from ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, and Perplexity against key
criteria, including accuracy, sourcing, distinguishing opinion from fact, and
providing context. Key findings: - 45% of all AI answers had at least one
significant issue. - 31% of responses showed serious sourcing problems -
missing, misleading, or incorrect attributions. - 20% contained major
accuracy issues, including hallucinated details and outdated information. -
Gemini performed worst with significant issues in 76% of responses, more than
double the other assistants, largely due to its poor sourcing performance. -
Comparison between the BBC's results earlier this year and this study show
some improvements but still high levels of errors. The team has released a
News Integrity in AI Assistants Toolkit to help develop solutions to these
problems and boost users' media literacy. They're also urging regulators to
enforce laws on information integrity and continue independent monitoring of
AI assistants.

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