Computerworld.com reported “there have been countless times ChatGPT, Copilot and other genAI tools have simply made things up. In many instances, lawyers relied on them to draft legal documents — and the genAI tool made up cases and precedents out of thin air. Copilot has so often made up facts — hallucinations, as AI researchers call them, but what we in the real world call lying — that it’s become a recognized part of using the tool.” The July 24, 2024 article entitled “Is Copilot for Microsoft 365 a lying liar?” (https://www.computerworld.com/article/3475988/is-copilot-for-microsoft-365-a-lying-liar.html) included these comments about “Hallucinations galore”:
The hallucinations I encountered while testing Copilot all occurred in Word. And they weren’t small white lies or something you might not notice — they were whoppers.
To test Copilot, I created an imaginary company, Work@Home, which sells home office furniture. I had Copilot create typical documents for it that you’d need in a business — marketing campaigns, spreadsheets for analyzing financial data, sales presentations and so on.
What do you think about CoPilot?