Do Americans trust AI news summaries? [Reality checks ft. Vince Nero]

Reality checks with Brian Reitz features BuzzStream's Vince Nero, covering U.S. AI news summary consumption habits, delving into trust, adoption, and behaviors.

ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok bypass EU restrictions on Russian state propaganda, RSF investigation finds

Most generative artificial intelligence chatbots give users access to content from Russian state media outlets sanctioned by the European Union, according to a…

How to know if you can trust an AI’s answer to your question

One Google response asked for my medical history. Another answered a personal health question without asking who I was. Both replies came across as authoritative advice.

「琉球新報社説に『スマホを置いて新聞を』」は本当か？

検証言説 Ｘ（旧ツイッター）が生成ＡＩ「Ｇｒｏｋ」で要約した「本日のニュース」 琉球新報社説「スマホ置いて新聞を」 　Xは15日、生成AI「Grok」で要約した「本日のニュース」として、「琉球新報社説『スマホ置いて新聞を […]

AIがX投稿を自動要約　内容が二転三転、誤情報拡散の一因に

今回、Ｘ（旧ツイッター）上で誤情報が拡散する一因となったのが、注目の話題に関する投稿を人工知能（ＡＩ）で自動要約し、記事風にまとめて「ニュース」として知らせる機能だ。「全て嘘」に関連する投稿も要約の対象となり、ＡＩによって見出しと文章が次々に生成された。

AIの回答精度、企業担当者の9割超が「期待届かず」　トヨクモ調べ

業務用システム開発のトヨクモが実施した企業の人工知能（AI）活用に関する調査で、AIに社内情報を読み込ませた担当者の9割超が期待通りの回答を得られなかったと感じていることが分かった。古い情報が混じり回答精度が低下する場合が多かった。調査は5月にインターネット上で実施し、従業員50〜299人の企業で社内情報などの管理業務に携わる担当者111人から回答を得た。AIの回答精度が低い理由について、6

AI is eating website traffic, websites are blocking AI – and reliable information is getting harder to find

AI has broken the economic bargain behind the web, and everybody is losing.

Groundbreaking BBC research shows issues with over half the answers from Artificial Intelligence (AI) assistants

Conducted over a month, the study saw the BBC test four prominent, publicly available AI assistants

AI Comes for Academics. Can We Rely on It?

By now, the fact that artificial intelligence can hallucinate is, I hope, well known. There are countless examples of platforms like ChatGPT giving the wrong answer to a straightforward question or

How Google and AI Nearly Made a Seasoned Reporter Spiral — ProPublica

I thought I had missed something major in my reporting. Turns out I had stumbled into an AI-fueled feedback loop that involved a real LLC’s fictional website and a search engine that’s thrusting unreliable answers on users.

DuckDuckGo, Unable to Resist the Pull of AI, Mistakenly Claims Trump Died of Rabies

Can't just be the non-AI search engine.

Google’s AI Is Destroying Search, the Internet, and Your Brain

Google’s AI Overview, which is easy to fool into stating nonsense as fact, is stopping people from finding and supporting small businesses and credible sources.

Google検索の「AIによる概要」が虚偽の情報を記載したことにGoogleが直接的な責任を負うとの画期的判決が下る

Google検索の検索結果ページの一番上に表示される「AIによる概要」はAIが情報をまとめてくれるため利便性が高い一方で、1時間に何千万件もウソをついているという調査結果があるように、その不正確さが問題視されることがあります。AIによる概要が企業について誤った情報を提示した上で修正要請にも対応しなかったとして、Googleに責任を求める判決がドイツの裁判所で下されました。

Landmark German ruling declares Google's AI Overviews are Google's own words and makes it liable for false answers

A German regional court has ruled that Google is directly liable for the content of its AI search overviews. According to the court, previous limited liability protections for search engine operators don't apply to AI overviews. In this case, Google's AI had falsely linked two publishers to fraud and made claims that didn't appear in any of the linked sources. The ruling could set a precedent for AI-generated content liability worldwide.

Nobody needs AI to search the Internet, court says in ruling against Google

Google AI Overview court loss in Germany could spell doom for AI search industry.

Apple urged to withdraw 'out of control' AI news alerts

Apple has pledged improvements to its news summarising tool, but critics say it is dangerous and needs to be withdrawn.

Apple Has To Pull Its “AI” News Synopses Because They Were Routinely Full Of Shit

While “AI” (language learning models) certainly could help journalism, the fail upward brunchlords in charge of most modern media outlets instead see the technology as a way to cut corner…

Searching for 'Disregard' Breaks Google [Updated]

On Tuesday, Google held its I/O developer event, and introduced an AI-forward version of Google Search that the company described as an "intelligent search box" powered by the newest version of Gemini. It turns out Google's all-new version of search semi-breaks when you search for the word "disregard". Typing "disregard" into Google Search results in Google's AI interpreting it as a system-style instruction instead of a search query. "Understood.