Leading AI assistants misrepresent news content in nearly half their responses, according to new research published on Wednesday by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the BBC.

The international research analyzed 3,000 responses to questions about the news from leading artificial intelligence assistants, software applications that utilize AI to understand natural language commands and complete tasks for users.

It assessed AI assistants in 14 languages for accuracy, sourcing, and ability to distinguish opinion versus fact, including ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, and Perplexity.

Overall, 45% of the AI responses studied contained at least one significant issue, with 81% having some form of problem, the research showed.

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