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Why AI chatbots have a confidence problem.

We asked five leading AI chatbots the same questions every day for 10 weeks. Here's what we found.

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Work and pensions secretary Pat McFadden twice claimed the current employment rate is higher than in all but one of the Conservatives’ 14 years in office.

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This isn’t correct according to ONS figures, which show the employment rate was higher in two years under the Conservatives.

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A video of a plane exploding has been shared with claims it shows a recent attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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This isn't a real video. There are several clues that it was made with AI

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Home Office minister Jo White claimed the number of hotels used to house asylum seekers “has fallen from 400 when we came into power to fewer than 160”.

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This isn’t true. The number of hotels in use peaked at “over 400 in summer 2023”, under the Conservatives, but was 213 when Labour came to power.

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