Leading AI assistants misrepresented or mishandled news content in nearly half of evaluated answers, according to a European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and BBC study.
The research assessed free/consumer versions of ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, and Perplexity, answering news questions in 14 languages across 22 public-service media organizations in 18 countries.
The EBU said in announcing the findings:
“AI’s systemic distortion of news is consistent across languages and territories.”
What The Study Found
In total, 2,709 core responses were evaluated,…

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