AI chatbots are quickly replacing traditional search engines for millions of users, but the answers they deliver are often wrong, incomplete, or entirely fabricated. Research from multiple ...

During the first world war, the British government was looking for ways to help people stretch their limited food supplies. It found pamphlets from a noted 19th-century herbalist who said rhubarb ...

AI chatbots are fast becoming a way people find news. But the systems are only as reliable as their sources, and are prone to misinformation and manipulation. Meanwhile, the rise of AI threatens the ...

The Hechinger Report reports that AI tutors show promise but can backfire if students rely too heavily on them.

This year’s Digital News Report marked a notable milestone: for the first time, social and video networks overtook news publishers as a source of news globally. As audiences continue to migrate toward ...

In researching this article, one of the first things I did was ask Google—or rather, Google’s AI, Gemini—what not to ask chatbots. The irony of this inquiry wasn’t lost on me. As a longtime journalist ...