Misinformation machines? Tech titans grappling with how to stop chatbot 'hallucinations'

Eugenia Kuyda defended AI companion bots during the interview with Fox News Digital and argued that dating app Replika is just one of many possible solutions to loneliness. Tech giants are ill-prepared to combat "hallucinations" generated by artificial intelligence platforms, industry experts warned in comments to Fox News Digital, but corporations themselves say they're taking steps to ensure accuracy within the platforms. AI chatbots, such as ChatGPT and Google's Bard, can at times spew inaccurate misinformation or nonsensical text, referred to as "hallucinations." "The short answer is no, corporation and institutions are not ready for the changes coming or challenges ahead," said AI expert Stephen Wu, chair of the American Bar Association Artificial Intelligence and Robotics National Institute, and a shareholder with Silicon Valley Law Group. Often, hallucinations are honest mistakes made by technology that, despite promises, still possess flaws.