AI Chatbots Reportedly Inaccurately Conveyed Real-Time Political News

July 22, 2024

Over the course of a week, significant breaking political news stories such as the Trump rally shooting and Biden’s campaign withdrawal were reportedly not accurately conveyed by AI chatbots. These systems often provided incorrect or outdated information, highlighting their current challenges in managing fast-paced news. Such incidents underscore the need for trustworthy AI governance, improved capabilities, and caution when deploying AI for real-time news dissemination. For those interested in shaping safe and secure AI practices, consider joining Project Cerebellum's efforts in the HISPI Project Cerebellum TAIM (Govern) to prevent harm through proper AI incident management.

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MEASURE 2.6 — similarity 0.669, rank 1. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MANAGE 4.1 — similarity 0.634, rank 2. TAIM detail and related incidents →
GOVERN 1.2 — similarity 0.628, rank 3. TAIM detail and related incidents →

Alleged deployer: perplexity, openai, meta, google
Alleged developer: perplexity, openai, meta, google
Alleged harmed parties: journalism, general-public, chatbot-users

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/750

Data source

Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).

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McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-21). Virtual Conference.

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