Can ChatGPT eat Wikipedia’s lunch? Wiki doesn’t think so

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The biggest problem with the use of ChatGPT? It confabulates. That means it can make up stuff and generate plausible-sounding but potentially fabricated information.

generative AI is essentially a “probabilistic machine”. It does not exhibit any form of reasoning but repeatedly selects the most plausible next word in a string. 

the technology cannot scan old newspaper articles and extract the text, and it cannot do cultural translations for Wikipedia, which is available in 335 languages.

Generative AI tools have started spawning fake news and misinformation. ...For example, fake photos of Pope Francis in a stylish white puffer jacket went viral in March 2023. These highlighted the power and risks posed by tools like Midjourney that let users produce photo-realistic images using nothing more than text prompts. ...With AI-assisted deepfakes becoming increasingly convincing, it is hard to tell if a video, photo or article is true. 

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