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AI Agents: Not Always Right But Seldom In Doubt

AI Agents: Not Always Right But Seldom In Doubt

This week I discuss the latest BBC study on AI answer quality from public data sources. As I discuss, the BBC and EBU found that 45% of news queries produce erroneous answers, so the reality has set in: public domain AI engines are neither “superin

Josh Bersin

October 29, 202522m 11s

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Show Notes

This week I discuss the latest BBC study on AI answer quality from public data sources. As I discuss, the BBC and EBU found that 45% of news queries produce erroneous answers, so the reality has set in: public domain AI engines are neither “superintelligent” nor are they perfect.

Yet they are very self-confident. So we, as users, need to be careful.

As you’ll hear, there are three things to consider here, and you can read more about this in my latest article on the topic. For those of us in corporate roles, the message is clear: data quality must be our #1 priority, and this is a whole new domain for HR and other service functions.

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Additional Information

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