AI chatbots give conflicting answers on Alberta secession

A new report finds that AI tools provide changing answers about the referendum despite no change to underlying facts.

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The Media Ecosystem Observatory published a report stating that AI platforms provide conflicting information regarding the financial and social consequences of Alberta's potential secession.^[1] Aengus Bridgman, director of the Media Ecosystem Observatory, explained that AI tools such as Google AI Overview and ChatGPT can claim secession will raise taxes one day and lower them the next.^[2] The report found pro-separation influencers dominate online discourse about the Alberta referendum, despite polling showing most Albertans intend to vote against separation.^[3]

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The Media Ecosystem Observatory published a report stating that AI platforms provide conflicting information regarding the financial and social consequences of Alberta's potential secession. · Les Affaires
Aengus Bridgman, director of the Media Ecosystem Observatory, explained that AI tools such as Google AI Overview and ChatGPT can claim secession will raise taxes one day and lower them the next. · Les Affaires
The Media Ecosystem Observatory report found pro-separation influencers dominate online discourse about the Alberta referendum, despite polling showing most Albertans intend to vote against separation. · Winnipeg Free Press

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