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AI gets 45% of news wrong — but readers still trust it (pivot-to-ai.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by dgerard@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems
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no plans to fix it, though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dOPo6eVv6E&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251105-ai-gets-45-of-news-wrong-but-readers-still-trust-it - podcast

time: 4 min 58 sec

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[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago

As usual, people choose easy answers to accurate ones. Good feeling lies are also preferred over bad feeling truths.

[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 weeks ago

They trust shit posted by the neighborhood psycho on Facebook. They will believe literally anything.

[–] arin@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Higher accuracy than conservatives 🤷‍♂️

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

"AI beat Fox News for accuracy by 3000%"

[–] Damage@feddit.it -5 points 2 weeks ago

News get most of the news wrong, so....