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AI Chatbots are struggling with realism and deformities when summarizing news stories, research From BBC He found. The study, which studied whether Chatgpt from Openai, Google Gemini, Microsoft Copilot and Perplexity can be accurately summarized by news, which found more than half of all production created from artificial intelligence “important issues of some kind.”

As part of the studyThe British Broadcasting Corporation asked Chatgpt, Copilot, Gemini and Perplexity to provide summaries of 100 BBC news, while journalists reviewed their answers. In addition to finding major problems in 51 percent of the responses, the BBC found 19 percent of the BBC answers that included incorrect expressions, numbers and dates. Meanwhile, 13 percent of the BBC quotes were changed “either a change from the original source or is not in the mentioned article.”

The study highlighted some examples, including Gemini incorrectly that the national health services in the United Kingdom (NHS) “advise people not to start the rabbi, and recommend that the smokers who want to quit smoking be the use of other methods.” but, NHS already recommends Vaping to quit smoking. Another example: In December 2024, Chatgpt claimed that Ismail Haniyeh was part of the Hamas leadership despite his assassination in July 2024.

In general, the study found that Gemini responses “raised the most fears”, with 46 percent of the presence of major problems with accuracy. freedom Contact Openai, Google, Microsoft and Perplexity have been contacted with suspension requests, but you did not hear immediately.

in In response to the studyDeborah Tunisia, CEO of BBC News and current affairs, called on technology companies to address issues related to inaccuracy. “We live in turbulent times, and how long will it take before the AI ​​title, which has been paid from artificial intelligence causing great harm in the real world?” Tensi books. “We would like to hear other technology companies our concerns, just as Apple has done. It is time to work together – news industry, technology companies – and of course the government also plays a big role in playing here.”