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AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time

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423 points sohkamyung | 6 comments | 22 Oct 25 13:39 UTC | HN request time: 0.352s | source | bottom
1. delaminator ◴[22 Oct 25 14:20 UTC] No.45669568[source]▶
According to PEW that's about the same % that trust the BBC's reporting.

https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/fact-sheet/news-media...

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2. afavour ◴[22 Oct 25 14:33 UTC] No.45669745[source]▶
Which is a completely different issue. "Do I trust this news network?" is a subjective opinion. Flat out misstating facts and inventing sources is a much more significant problem.
3. sofixa ◴[22 Oct 25 14:34 UTC] No.45669753[source]▶
You seem to be looking at the wrong chart. Around ~50% each of each politically leaning group use BBC as their primary news source.

However, 79% of Brits trust the BBC as per this chart:

https://legacy.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/20...

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4. parineum ◴[22 Oct 25 14:39 UTC] No.45669820[source]▶
And if they made up 45% of their stories, I imagine their trust would be 0%.
5. myrmidon ◴[22 Oct 25 14:40 UTC] No.45669828[source]▶
Did you mean the Guardian? Because trust in BBC is at ~80% according to what you linked.
6. GordonS ◴[22 Oct 25 16:25 UTC] No.45671534[source]▶
That was back in 2017, if I'm reading the chart correctly. A lot has changed since then, so I'd be genuinely curious to see what more recent figures looked like.