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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Nicole Wootton-Cane

Five AI chatbots were tested on accuracy. The results weren’t good

Popular AI chatbots are prone to making false claims, cite out of date figures, and answer the same question differently on different days, a new report into their accuracy has found.

Chatbots “confidently” provided wrong responses to prompts, including one asserting that Sir Keir Starmer was still UK prime minister as late as September – weeks after he resigned, the report from fact checking charity Full Fact found.

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