Stop using generative AI as a search engineLopatto, Elizabeth. “Stop Using Generative AI As A Search Engine. A Fake Presidential Pardon Explains Why You Can’t Trust Robots With The News.” The Verge. 5 Dec. 2024, https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/5/24313222/chatgpt-pardon-biden-bush-esquire.
By Elizabeth Lopatto, a reporter who writes about tech, money, and human behavior. She joined The Verge in 2014 as science editor. Previously, she was a reporter at Bloomberg.
This article describes and illustrates how CHATGPT created incorrect information in response to a question when asked “how many presidents have pardoned a relative?”
