Our findings were consistent with our previous study, proving that our observations are not just a ChatGPT problem, but rather recur across all the prominent generative search tools that we tested.

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> ### We found that…
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> - Chatbots were generally bad at declining to answer questions they couldn’t answer accurately, offering incorrect or speculative answers instead. 
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> - Premium chatbots provided more confidently incorrect answers than their free counterparts.
> - Multiple chatbots seemed to bypass Robot Exclusion Protocol preferences.
> - Generative search tools fabricated links and cited syndicated and copied versions of articles. 
> - Content licensing deals with news sources provided no guarantee of accurate citation in chatbot responses.
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> Our findings were consistent with our previous study, proving that our observations are not just a ChatGPT problem, but rather recur across all the prominent generative search tools that we tested. 
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> ![](https://m.stacker.news/82101)
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> ![](https://m.stacker.news/82102)
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> **[...read more at cjr.org](https://www.cjr.org/tow_center/we-compared-eight-ai-search-engines-theyre-all-bad-at-citing-news.php)**

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