I used AI chatbots as a source of news for a month, and they were unreliable and erroneous
theconversation.com
When we ask for news, we should expect generative AI tools to stick to the facts. But new research shows they don’t.
  • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldM
    21·
    2 days ago

    I used AI chatbots as a source of news for a month, and they were unreliable and erroneous

    blink blink

    Oh, I’m sorry. Were you expecting me to be surprised? Was I supposed to act shocked when you said that?

    Ok, ok. Hold on. Let me get my shocked face ready…

    shocked pikachu

    • Instigate@aussie.zone
      2·
      23 hours ago

      The article really isn’t for those of us who already know how terrible ‘AI’ is - it’s for those who treat it like it’s the infallible holy grail of all the answers in the world. Sadly, I’ve met some such people for whom this article might be illuminating.

  • deliriousdreams@fedia.io
    15·
    2 days ago

    “I used a hammer as a saw for a month and found that it was too dull to get the job done”. That’s what this sounds like. Nobody needed to use AI chatbots as a news source to know that they’re unreliable. The people who do this already know and don’t care. This article isn’t gonna change their minds. They like it.

  • fox2263@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    2 days ago

    The AI built in data will be months out of date, and if it even bothers to grab latest headlines then it can and will cherry pick depending on how it’s been programmed for bias, like grok would probably tell you the world is ending because of “the left”