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AI information retrieval: A search engine researcher explains the promise and peril of letting ChatGPT and its cousins search the web for you

  • Written by Chirag Shah, Professor of Information Science, University of Washington
AI information retrieval: A search engine researcher explains the promise and peril of letting ChatGPT and its cousins search the web for youLarge language model AI responds to questions but doesn't actually know anything and is prone to making things up.Charles Taylor/iStock via Getty Images

The prominent model of information access before search engines became the norm – librarians and subject or search experts providing relevant information – was interactive,...

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