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AI search engines cite incorrect sources at an alarming 60% rate, study says (arstechnica.com)
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Researchers Klaudia Jaźwińska and Aisvarya Chandrasekar noted in their report that roughly 1 in 4 Americans now use AI models as alternatives to traditional search engines. This raises serious concerns about reliability, given the substantial error rate uncovered in the study.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Can confirm. Usually when an LLM comes up with an outrageous claim, I check the source and find out it’s completely irrelevant.