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AI search engines fail accuracy test, study finds 60% error rate


The Tow Center for Digital Journalism recently studied eight AI search engines, including ChatGPT Search, Perplexity, Perplexity Pro, Gemini, DeepSeek Search, Grok-2 Search, Grok-3 Search, and Copilot....

In a 2023 anecdotal article, Ted Gioia (The Honest Broker) pointed out dozens of ChatGPT responses, showing that the bot confidently "lies" when responding to numerous queries. "If I believed half of what I heard about ChatGPT, I could let it take over The Honest Broker while I sit on the beach drinking margaritas and searching for my lost shaker of salt," Gioia flippantly noted. Arguably, the craziest thing about all this is that the companies making these tools are not transparent about this lack of accuracy while charging the public $20 to $200 per month to access their latest AI models.

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