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Chatbots · August 2026Gaffe level: Blunder

Full Fact Caught Chatbots Making 39 Major Errors on Viral Claims

The UK fact-checker spent five months asking ChatGPT, Gemini and Grok about claims its reporters were investigating. It logged 39 major errors across 67 wrong answers, including calling an AI-generated Ryanair cabin image real and placing footage in the wrong country. A selected test set, not a general chatbot error rate.

Source: Full Fact

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