{"id":20238,"date":"2025-10-23T11:03:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T11:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/23\/googles-gemini-tops-the-fake-news-charts-among-ai-assistants-should-you-be-worried-tech-news\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T11:03:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T11:03:12","slug":"googles-gemini-tops-the-fake-news-charts-among-ai-assistants-should-you-be-worried-tech-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/23\/googles-gemini-tops-the-fake-news-charts-among-ai-assistants-should-you-be-worried-tech-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Google\u2019s Gemini Tops The \u2018Fake News\u2019 Charts Among AI Assistants: Should You Be Worried? | Tech News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"story-9654214\">\n<p><span class=\"jsx-395e0e0beb19cb6e jsx-4143937483\">Last Updated:<\/span><time class=\"jsx-395e0e0beb19cb6e jsx-4143937483\">October 23, 2025, 16:02 IST<\/time><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"asubttl-9654214\" class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-2477136183 asubttl-schema\">AI assistants like Gemini are becoming the go-to choice to read news for the youth and this study is sharing big concerns.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"jsx-cc1b15cf85effb8b artsharwrp\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news18.co\/gnps-en-btn\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"jsx-91f4da8d48c13a79 gglebtn bgsky\"\/><\/p>\n<div id=\"artshare\" class=\"jsx-cc1b15cf85effb8b artshare\">\n<div class=\"jsx-cc1b15cf85effb8b stickdiv\">\n<div class=\"jsx-cc1b15cf85effb8b deskwrapstkdiv\">\n<div class=\"jsx-cc1b15cf85effb8b fontchange\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/dlxczavtqcctuei\/news18\/static\/images\/english\/font.svg\" height=\"30px\" width=\"30px\" alt=\"font\" title=\"font\" class=\"jsx-cc1b15cf85effb8b lazyload\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-2477136183 amimg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Gemini, ChatGPT and Perplexity have a lot of work to do.\" title=\"Gemini, ChatGPT and Perplexity have a lot of work to do.\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1627283897_news18_logo-1200x800.jpg?impolicy=website&amp;width=400&amp;height=225\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-2477136183\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Gemini, ChatGPT and Perplexity have a lot of work to do.<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"0\" class=\"story_para_0\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">AI assistants are everywhere and they are helping people with easy information. But a new study claims AI assistants like Gemini from Google or even ChatGPT from OpenAI are prone to making mistakes, even blunders. They are giving fake news to users which once again raises concerns about AI hallucinations. <\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"1\" class=\"story_para_1\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">The research done by BBC and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) says most popular AI-powered chatbots are spreading misinformation and their sourcing mechanism has them worried about the content that people are getting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"2\" class=\"story_para_2\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><strong>The Fake News Problem With AI<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"3\" class=\"story_para_3\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">The study has been comprehensive with its tests, and claims to have analysed over 3,000 responses crafted by AI assistants like Gemini and ChatGPT. The test was done in 14 languages and across countries like France, Germany, and the US among others.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"4\" class=\"story_para_4\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">The results were quite worrying because many said the sourcing of news content by these AI assistants were misleading, missing and even wrongly attributed. Gemini from Google was seen as the biggest culprit in these issues with 72 percent of the total responses citing the assistant for making these mistakes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"5\" class=\"story_para_5\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">For instance, Gemini gave false information around the change in laws with disposable vapes. ChatGPT said Pope Francis is the current Pope which is a staggering detail for someone who passed away earlier this year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"6\" class=\"story_para_6\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><strong>The AI News Future<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"7\" class=\"story_para_7\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">These data points are critical at a time when studies say 15 percent of consumers under 25 years are using AI assistants to read and be up-to-date with the latest news. Gemini and other AI chatbots do come with a disclaimer about them being prone to making mistakes, but the EBU is not having any of it and would prefer them to work on limiting or erasing these issues completely.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"8\" class=\"story_para_8\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Google is no stranger to AI issues and the company even had to face misinformation complaints with Gemini a few months back. The company is already planning for the Gemini 3.0 version this year and we hope these mistakes can be improved. <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atawrap\">\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atadetailwrp\">\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd ataname\"><span class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atthumb\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"S Aadeetya\" title=\"S Aadeetya\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2023\/11\/aadeetya-3-2023-11-9de48efa65a9ed8ed13a8932cadb6d5a.jpg?impolicy=website&amp;width=60&amp;height=60\" class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd\"\/><\/figure>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd attitle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/byline\/s-aadeetya-21044.html\" class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atamail\">S Aadeetya<\/a><\/p>\n<p>S Aadeetya, Special Correspondent at News18 Tech, accidentally got into journalism 10 years ago, and since then, has been part of established media houses covering the latest trends in technology and helping fr&#8230;<span class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd aurpdebtn\">Read More<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>S Aadeetya, Special Correspondent at News18 Tech, accidentally got into journalism 10 years ago, and since then, has been part of established media houses covering the latest trends in technology and helping fr&#8230;<!-- --> <span class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd aurpdebtn\">Read More<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-2477136183 atbtlink Location\"><span>Location :<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>United Kingdom (UK)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-2477136183 atbtlink fp\"><span>First Published:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"rs\">\n<p>October 23, 2025, 16:02 IST<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jsx-c9f81425ec968c48 jsx-2477136183 brdcrmb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/\">News<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/tech\/\">tech<\/a>  <span class=\"brdout\"> Google\u2019s Gemini Tops The \u2018Fake News\u2019 Charts Among AI Assistants: Should You Be Worried?<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"coral-wrap\" class=\"jsx-ba4d8f086a12294f \">\n<div class=\"jsx-ba4d8f086a12294f coral-cont\">\n<div class=\"jsx-ba4d8f086a12294f coltoptxt\">Disclaimer: Comments reflect users\u2019 views, not News18\u2019s. 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AI assistants are everywhere and they are helping people with easy information. 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