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AI recommendations unreliable without search, study finds

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A new study published on arXiv investigates the reliability of AI recommendations for local services, particularly in domains like healthcare and financial advising. The research found that AI models, especially those without web search capabilities, frequently fabricate recommendations. When equipped with search, AI models showed significantly improved accuracy in matching recommendations to official registries, though the search functionality also altered the types of entities recommended. The study highlights that the trustworthiness of AI referrals is heavily dependent on retrieval configuration rather than the underlying model alone. AI

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