Making stuff up? Perhaps chatbots are given too much Fox News input.

 

Headline and subhead:  New York Times, 8/13/2025

Steve Lohr reports:  

A.I. technology has been racing ahead with chatbots like ChatGPT, fueled by a high-stakes arms race among tech giants and superrich start-ups and prompting an expectation that everything from back-office accounting to customer service will be revolutionized. But the payoff for businesses outside the tech sector is lagging behind, plagued by issues including an irritating tendency by chatbots to make stuff up.  [emphasis added]

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