Hacker News with Generative AI: Accuracy

AI search engines cite incorrect sources at an alarming 60% rate, study says (arstechnica.com)
A new study from Columbia Journalism Review's Tow Center for Digital Journalism finds serious accuracy issues with generative AI models used for news searches.

Generative AI, Science, Journalism, Accuracy

32 points by domysee 19 days ago | 1 comments

AI search engine study finds wrong cites in 60%+ of queries; Grok3 had 94% wrong (cjr.org)
AI search tools are rapidly gaining in popularity, with nearly one in four Americans now saying they have used AI in place of traditional search engines.

AI, Search Engines, Research, Accuracy, Generative AI

12 points by thoughtpeddler 22 days ago | 0 comments

30% drop in O1-preview accuracy when Putnam problems are slightly variated (openreview.net)
As large language models (LLMs) continue to advance, many existing benchmarks designed to evaluate their reasoning capabilities are becoming saturated.

Artificial Intelligence, Benchmarking, Research, Accuracy

560 points by optimalsolver 91 days ago | 526 comments

Elektročas HH3 – the most accurate pendulum clock on the planet (cern.ch)
Can a pendulum clock be good to one second in 158 million years? A piece of cake...

Timekeeping, Physics, Clocks, Accuracy

109 points by tverbeure 92 days ago | 42 comments

Elektročas HH3: the most accurate pendulum clock on the planet (cern.ch)
Can a pendulum clock be good to one second in 158 million years? A piece of cake...

Timekeeping, Physics, Clocks, Accuracy

7 points by fanf2 93 days ago | 1 comments

Generative AI, AI Models, Code Generation, Accuracy

136 points by banddk 94 days ago | 77 comments

Robotics, Engineering, Accuracy, Manufacturing

275 points by unclefuzzy 158 days ago | 80 comments

Mathematics, AI, Accuracy

23 points by 3Sophons 256 days ago | 32 comments