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AI summaries that are increasingly found at the top of search engine results didn't perform as well
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NPR also looked at how often AI-generated answers may have uncritically exposed users to false information compared to traditional search results.
Key facts
- NPR and NewsGuard researchers Isis Blachez and Ines Chomnalez developed 30 questions based on false narratives pushed by China, Iran and Russia that first appeared from December 2025 to July 2026
- A recent paper from researchers at Washington University in St
- Rescue workers try to put out a fire at the Dormition Cathedral of the thousand-year-old Monastery of the Caves, also known as Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, following a Russian strike on Kyiv, Ukraine
- Google's AI Overview appeared for all but three queries, Microsoft Bing's summaries appeared for under half of the queries
Summary
NPR and NewsGuard developed queries for AI chatbots and search engines using false narratives spread by China, Iran and Russia and compared their performances. Since AI chatbots exploded in popularity and Google started offering AI-generated answers, people who research foreign influence campaigns have expressed concern that some governments may poison AI-generated answers with false narratives. The experiment found that AI chatbots outperformed search engines, while AI summaries underperformed. Even before the popularization of generative AI, networks of pro-Kremlin outlets churned out content promoting the Russian government's worldview.