I'm writing about Australian regional television in the 1980s and asked ChatGPT to research a specific software suite written by an Australian company, DDP. The
A user found that ChatGPT hallucinated a detailed description of a software suite called Equinox, which was used for managing commercial scheduling in Australian regional television during the 1980s. When asked for its source, ChatGPT incorrectly cited an article that did not contain the fabricated information. This incident highlights the potential for AI models to generate plausible-sounding but inaccurate content. AI
IMPACT Highlights the risk of AI models generating convincing but false information, impacting user trust and content accuracy.