Think you can trust ChatGPT and Gemini to give you the news? Here's why you might want to think again

Dumber AI.

• Nearly half of all AI assistant answers about the news contain major errors, a major international study has found
• The factual, sourcing, or contextual issues were apparent across 14 languages and 18 countries
• Gemini fared the worst, with double the rate of significant problems compared to competitors

When you ask an AI assistant about news and current events you might expect a detached, authoritative answer. But according to a sweeping international study led by the BBC and coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), nearly half the time, those answers are wrong, misleading, or just plain made up (anyone who's dealt with the nonsense of Apple's AI-written headlines can relate).