AI search engines cite incorrect sources at an alarming 60% rate, study says
AI search engines cite incorrect sources at an alarming 60% rate, study says

arstechnica.com
AI search engines cite incorrect sources at an alarming 60% rate, study says

Researchers Klaudia Jaźwińska and Aisvarya Chandrasekar noted in their report that roughly 1 in 4 Americans now use AI models as alternatives to traditional search engines. This raises serious concerns about reliability, given the substantial error rate uncovered in the study.
Can confirm. Usually when an LLM comes up with an outrageous claim, I check the source and find out it’s completely irrelevant.