AI chatbots have faced scrutiny for their citation practices, particularly failing to properly cite news sources. A study conducted by researchers from Columbia University evaluated eight AI search engines, uncovering that they erroneously retrieved article information over 60% of the time. Perplexity had the best performance among the tested engines, yet still misidentified information 37% of the time. The issue is exacerbated by the overly confident responses of these chatbots, making it challenging for users to discern accuracy in their answers, which undermines the credibility of news sourcing.
AI chatbots are frequently criticized for citation inaccuracies, with studies indicating they fail to retrieve correct news information over 60% of the time.
A recent study revealed that AI search engines, including ChatGPT and others, inaccurately cite articles and URLs, impacting traffic to news publishers significantly.
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