Big name AI legal research tools hallucinate more than 17% of the time

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    “While hallucinations are reduced relative to general-purpose chatbots (GPT-4), we find that the AI research tools made by LexisNexis and Thomson Reuters each hallucinate more than 17% of the time. We also document substantial differences between systems in responsiveness and accuracy.”
     

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