Evaluating Information

Four major artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots are inaccurately summarising news stories, according to research carried out by the BBC.

The BBC gave OpenAI's ChatGPT, Microsoft's Copilot, Google's Gemini and Perplexity AI content from the BBC website then asked them questions about the news.

It said the resulting answers contained "significant inaccuracies" and distortions.

In a blog, Deborah Turness, the CEO of BBC News and Current Affairs, said AI brought "endless opportunities" but the companies developing the tools were "playing with fire".

"We live in troubled times, and how long will it be before an AI-distorted headline causes significant real world harm?", she asked.

An OpenAI spokesperson said: "We support publishers and creators by helping 300 million weekly ChatGPT users discover quality content through summaries, quotes, clear links, and attribution."     

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

In 2018, while reporting on the events at a Lidl in Tallaght the Irish Times online newspaper displayed a Lidl on fire indicating it was the store in Tallaght.

This image had been shared online while the events were taking place. It resulted in reports to the Dublin Fire Brigade

The photo is of a Lidl in Kastellaun, Germany on fire in 2016

Here's an example of evaluating information in action. 

TIPS for evaluating images

Can you verify where the photo was taken? 

Do you know when the photo was taken? 

Do you know who took the photo - are they reputable?