BBC Boss Discovers AI Can't Read News, Demands Adult Supervision

Look, I’ve been staring at this whiskey glass for the past hour trying to make sense of BBC News CEO Deborah Turness’s earth-shattering revelation that AI chatbots aren’t particularly good at reading the news. Christ, I could’ve told them that for free, saved them a bunch of research money they could’ve spent on, I don’t know, actual journalism?

Between sips of bourbon (the cheap stuff, because this economy isn’t kind to independent tech bloggers), I’m reading how they tested ChatGPT, Perplexity, and their AI buddies by having them read BBC News articles. Turns out these digital wonderkids are about as reliable as my ex-girlfriend’s promises – getting things wrong about half the time.