AI chatbots unable to accurately summarise news, BBC finds

AI chatbots unable to accurately summarise news, BBC finds

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Getty Images A phone screen with the app icons ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini and Perplexity displayed Four major artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots are inaccurately summarising news stories, according to research carried out by the BBC. The BBC gave OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Microsoft’s Copilot, Google’s Gemini and Perplexity AI content from the BBC website then asked them questions about the news. It said the resulting answers contained "significant inaccuracies" and distortions. In a blog , Deborah Turness, the CEO of BBC News and Current Affairs, said AI brought "endless opportunities" but the companies developing the tools were "playing with fire". "We live in troubled times, and how long will it be before an AI-distorted headline causes significant real world harm?", she asked. An OpenAI spokesperson said: "We support publishers and creators by […]

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