{"id":916583,"date":"2026-06-30T20:15:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T01:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/30\/chatbots-struggle-with-news-accuracy-and-sourcing-ahead-of-us-midterms\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T20:15:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T01:15:36","slug":"chatbots-struggle-with-news-accuracy-and-sourcing-ahead-of-us-midterms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/30\/chatbots-struggle-with-news-accuracy-and-sourcing-ahead-of-us-midterms\/","title":{"rendered":"Chatbots struggle with news accuracy and sourcing ahead of US Midterms"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-test-ui=\"container\" id=\"fusion-app\">\n<header>\n<div data-test-ui=\"header\" id=\"masthead-header\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/\" data-ref-page-element=\"null:nav:1:home\" aria-label=\"go to homepage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/pf\/resources\/logos\/default.svg?d=1046\" width=\"306\" height=\"52\" alt=\"NZ Herald\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<nav><\/nav>\n<\/header>\n<p><main id=\"main\" role=\"main\" data-test-ui=\"main\"><\/p>\n<article data-test-ui=\"v2-article v2-article--sidebar-hidden\">\n<section data-test-ui=\"v2-article-section-top\">\n<header data-test-ui=\"article__header\" data-ref-group=\"header\">\n<div data-test-ui=\"article__header-info\" data-ref-group=\"author\">\n<p><span data-test-ui=\"author--name\">Kurt Wagner<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-test-ui=\"distributor--name\">Washington Post<\/span><span data-test-ui=\"distributor-meta-divider\">\u00b7<\/span><\/p>\n<p><time data-test-ui=\"author-display--date\">20 May, 2026 08:41 PM<\/time><span data-test-ui=\"author-read-time\"><span><\/span>4 mins to read<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-test-ui=\"hero-container\">\n<p data-test-ui=\"hero-wrapper\">\n<figure data-test-ui=\"hero-figure\"><figcaption>Chatbots frequently cited foreign state-owned media, with ChatGPT and Grok being the worst offenders. Photo \/ 123RF<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<p data-test-ui=\"figure__caption\">Chatbots frequently cited foreign state-owned media, with ChatGPT and Grok being the worst offenders. Photo \/ 123RF<\/p>\n<section data-test-ui=\"article-top-body\">\n<p class>Four major artificial intelligence chatbots \u2013 OpenAI\u2019s ChatGPT, Alphabet\u2019s Google Gemini, Anthropic\u2019s Claude and xAI\u2019s Grok \u2013 are struggling to fairly and accurately answer questions about elections and geopolitics, according to a new United States study from Forum AI.<\/p>\n<p class>\n         <span>Researchers asked the four chatbots more than 3100 questions about a<\/span><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/technology\/chatbots-struggle-with-news-accuracy-and-sourcing-ahead-of-us-midterms\/HBNFPTZZ3RHHZLLL2O4BY5UC2Q\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kurt Wagner Washington Post \u00b7 20 May, 2026 08:41 PM 4 mins to read Chatbots frequently cited foreign state-owned media, with ChatGPT and Grok being the worst offenders. Photo \/ 123RF Chatbots frequently cited foreign state-owned media, with ChatGPT and Grok being the worst offenders. 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