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AI assistants are basically drunk gossipers 🎉🤖, misrepresenting news content almost half the time. But hey, why not trust your daily dose of #misinformation to a digital assistant that seems to have the same credibility as your uncle after a few beers? 🍻 #Progress!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2025/new-ebu-research-ai-assistants-news-content #AIassistance #DigitalGossip #TrustIssues #TechHumor #UnreliableSources #HackerNews #ngated
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory

An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC

Oct 22, 2025 at 2:14pmHacker News n-gate