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Dhrumil Mehta @dmil.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

This builds on prior tests showing that ChatGPT frequently cited the wrong source article, but rarely expressed uncertainty. If it didn't know the answer (at least to the kinds of questions we asked), it confidently made one up. cjr.org/tow_center/how-chatgpt-misrepresents-publisher-content.php

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Dhrumil Mehta @dmil.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

It turns out this problem extends to many other chatbots too. In @towcenter.bsky.social's tests, they often cited the wrong article, and sometimes also fabricated links & cited syndicated or plagiarized articles instead of the original.

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Dhrumil Mehta @dmil.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

This has implications for news publishers who are considering making deals with AI companies. More on that in the piece. www.cjr.org/tow_center/w...

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We Compared Eight AI Search Engines. They’re All Bad at Citing News.

AI search tools are rapidly gaining in popularity, with nearly one in four Americans now saying they have used AI in place of traditional search engines. These tools derive their value from crawling t...

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