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CNET's AI-generated content is laced with errors

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One of ChatGPT's main strengths appears to be making mistakes, in addition to piecing together human-like, fluent English language utterances. The AI algorithm fudges facts and makes up information in the quest of producing presentable paragraphs. Sadly, tech publication CNET opted to turn it into a source of revenue. A post generated using ChatGPT and published on CNET has required the tech media outlet to make numerous, significant revisions, as first noted by Futurism. There were at least five serious errors that have been fixed in a single AI-written explanation of compound interest. According to CNET's extensive correction, the inaccuracies were the following:
  • According to the article, a savings account with a $10,000 initial balance and a 3% interest rate that compounds annually would have $10,300 in interest after a year. The actual interest earned would be $300.
  • Based on the first example, a similar mistake appeared in the second.
  • The post falsely claimed that the interest on one-year CD accounts only accumulates once a year. In practice, CD accounts compound at different rates.
  • The amount that would be due for a car loan with a 4% interest rate over five years was incorrectly stated in the article.
  • APR and APY were misconstrued in the original piece, and inappropriate advice was provided as a result.
More than two months' worth of content produced by ChatGPT have been continuously published on CNET. As of November 11, 2022, the website had published 78 of these stories, up to 12 of them in a single day, initially under the byline "CNET Money Staff" and now simply "CNET Money." At first, the publication appeared eager to keep its AI authorship a secret, notifying readers of its AI authorship only in a brief byline description on the robot's "author" page. Later, Futurism and other media started reporting on it. Commentary followed. Connie Guglielmo, the executive editor of CNET, published a statement about it. Similar to how the publication only acknowledged publicly using AI after receiving harsh criticism, CNET did not independently identify or attempt to correct all the inaccuracies reported on Tuesday. Only when Futurism explicitly informed CNET of several of the errors did the media outlet fix themselves, according to Futurism. All of CNET's AI-generated articles, according to the company, are "reviewed, fact-checked, and edited" by actual, human workers. Additionally, each post contains an editor's name in the byline. However, it is obvious that the numerous produced errors made by ChatGPT continue to sneak through the cracks despite the purported oversight.

By Awanish Kumar

I keep abreast of the latest technological developments to bring you unfiltered information about gadgets.

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