Category: BBC

AI chatbots unable to accurately summarise news, BBC finds

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Four major artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots are inaccurately summarising news stories, according to research carried out by the BBC. In the study, the BBC asked ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini and Perplexity to summarise 100 news stories and rated each answer. It found 51% of all AI answers to questions about the news were judged to have significant issues of some form. Additionally, 19% of AI answers which cited BBC content introduced factual errors, such as incorrect factual statements, numbers and dates.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0m17d8827ko

TikTok users flock to Chinese app RedNote before US ban

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TikTok users in the US are migrating to a Chinese app called RedNote with the threat of a ban just days away. The move by users who call themselves "TikTok refugees" has made RedNote the most downloaded app on Apple's US App Store on Monday. RedNote is a TikTok competitor popular with young people in China, Taiwan and other Mandarin-speaking populations.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2475l7zpqyo

LinkedIn: We’re too boring for kids for social media ban

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Career-networking site LinkedIn has told Australian lawmakers it is too dull for kids to warrant its inclusion in a proposed ban on social media for under 16 year olds. "LinkedIn simply does not have content interesting and appealing to minors," the Microsoft-owned company said in a submission to an Australian senate committee.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2dz2z72y8o