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Even premium AI tools distort the news and fabricate links - these are the worst

You're paying good money for chatbots that return wrong answers with 'alarming confidence,' according to a new report.
The article from ZDNet discusses a study by NewsGuard, a company focused on combating misinformation, which evaluated the performance of 10 premium AI tools in generating news summaries. The study found that all the AI tools tested, including those from major companies like xAI and Microsoft, produced inaccurate summaries and fabricated links when asked to summarize recent news events. Notably, xAI's Grok was the worst performer, generating false information in 77% of its responses, while Microsoft's Copilot was inaccurate in 67% of its summaries. The article highlights specific examples of misinformation, such as Grok's incorrect reporting on a supposed Israeli attack on a hospital in Gaza and Copilot's false claim about a Ukrainian attack on a Russian ship. The findings underscore the ongoing challenges in ensuring the reliability of AI-generated news content, even from premium services.

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