US EditionAI answers cite 'narrow range' of top newsbrands led by BBC and Guardian
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The main chatbots quote a small number of journalistic sources, and in the UK they favour Guardian and BBC over the widely used conservative tabloids. Here are the reasons (and risks) for this system.
AI answers cite 'narrow range' of top newsbrands led by BBC and Guardian
AI answers from OpenAI, Google and Perplexity draw on a “narrow range” of the biggest publishers when responding to news queries, according to new research from UK thinktank IPPR. Looking at Google Gemini, Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT and Perplexity, the research found that on average 34% of journalistic citations on each tool go to only one newsbrand. On average the most-cited news source on each platform was four times more prominent than the …
ChatGPT sidelines BBC as AI news skews sources
AI chatbots used by millions to access the news are skewing UK media, with new research showing that some of the country’s biggest and most trusted outlets are being sidelined altogether. According to the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), ChatGPT and Google Gemini did not cite the BBC in any responses to news-related queries, despite the public broadcaster being the most widely used news source in the UK. The think tank examined how f…
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