Four major artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots are inaccurately summarising news stories, according to research carried out by the BBC. The BBC gave OpenAI's ChatGPT, Microsoft's Copilot, Google's Gemini and Perplexity AI content from the BBC website then asked them questions about the news.

BBC study finds leading AI chatbots consistently distort news content, raising concerns about information accuracy and trust.

The British Broadcasting Corporation’s latest study reveals that AI chatbots distort and mislead when they report the news. Deborah Turness, the CEO of BBC News and Current Affairs, wrote in a blog that AI brings “endless opportunities.