A recent study highlights significant issues with AI search engines handling news information. The Columbia Journalism Review (CJR)'s digital news lab tested eight AI tools with real-time search capabilities, revealing alarming results: over 60% of news queries yielded inaccurate answers. The study found considerable variation in error rates across different AI platforms, with Grok3 exhibiting a 94% error rate and ChatGPT Search reaching 67%. Even paid versions, such as Perplexity,

Recently, the Japanese publishing industry has issued a stern warning about AI-driven search engines, arguing that these emerging technologies are eroding the foundations of the news industry. The Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association has stated that AI search engines are exploiting the content of news media without fair compensation, a phenomenon known as "free-riding." This means that AI systems profit from news content without providing support for its creation and the news ecosy