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AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time

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421 points sohkamyung | 1 comments | 22 Oct 25 13:39 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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Hikikomori[dead post] ◴[22 Oct 25 14:09 UTC] No.45669426[source]▶
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walkabout ◴[22 Oct 25 14:16 UTC] No.45669511[source]▶
Relatedly, I wonder if we count misrepresenting a misleading news article such that it becomes more-accurate as misrepresenting news content…
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zahlman ◴[22 Oct 25 16:43 UTC] No.45671759[source]▶
Since the model doesn't get to observe the actual situation being reported on, such an improvement in accuracy would only be random chance and should not be rewarded.
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1. walkabout ◴[22 Oct 25 18:14 UTC] No.45673037[source]▶
Oh, agreed, they don’t get points for failing the task but accidentally reporting something more-correct in the process.