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[Opinion] AI finds errors in 90% of Wikipedia's best articles (en.wikipedia.org)
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For one month beginning on October 5, I ran an experiment: Every day, I asked ChatGPT 5 (more precisely, its "Extended Thinking" version) to find an error in "Today's featured article". In 28 of these 31 featured articles (90%), ChatGPT identified what I considered a valid error, often several. I have so far corrected 35 such errors.

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[-] crypt0cler1c@infosec.pub 20 points 2 months ago

This is way overblown. Wikipedia is on par with the most accurate Encyclopedias with 3-4 factual errors per article.

[-] TheBlackLounge@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 months ago

More like 1, sometimes 2, errors in 90% of wikipedia's longest and most active articles.

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