AI Search Has A Citation Problem. We Compared Eight AI Search Engines. They’re All Bad at Citing News. (Klaudia Jaźwińska and Aisvarya Chandrasekar, Columbia Journalism Review)
Summary
- AI search tools often give confidently wrong answers, with premium versions making more errors than free ones.
- Many chatbots seem to bypass publisher blocking protocols, accessing content they shouldn't while fabricating URLs.
- Content licensing deals with news sources don't guarantee accurate attribution in search results.
