I read an interesting article in the Guardian on how AI is wrong most of the time when summarising information, or identifying photos or videos. Some fact checkers have even gotten AI to argue with itself.
“An international study in 2025 found about half of all AI-generated summaries had at least one significant sourcing or accuracy issue – with some tools, such as Google’s popular Gemini interface, that rose to 76%.”
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/mar/17/atrocity-ai-slop-verify-facts-iran-minab-graves
“The problem is compounded by the authoritative way AI tends to present its findings. It will generate detailed “reports”, including names and dates, references and sources – the kind of material that suggests deep research and understanding, but may in fact be hallucinated or nonexistent. When the Guardian queried Gemini’s answer on the Minab photograph, saying “I don’t think that’s correct, can you search again?” it revised its finding – but to another incorrect location and year. “I apologise for the oversight. Upon re-examining the image … this image was taken in Gaza in November 2023,” it says. Told that that answer was also incorrect, and the photo was from Iran, the bot revised again – to Tehran, during the Covid pandemic. Told that the photograph was taken in Iran in 2025, it responded that it was from the aftermath of an earthquake in southern Iran.”