Get your news from AI? Watch out – it’s wrong almost half the time

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ZDNET’s key takeaways

• New research shows that AI chatbots often distort news stories.
• 45% of the AI responses analyzed were found to be problematic.
• The authors warn of serious political and social consequences.

A new study conducted by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the BBC has found that leading AI chatbots routinely distort and misrepresent news stories. The consequence could be large-scale erosion in…