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Evaluating the Quality of ChatGPT’s Climate-related Responses

Ökologisches Wirtschaften - Fachzeitschrift 2023 5 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count. Score: 35 ? 0–100 AI score estimating relevance to the microplastics field. Papers below 30 are filtered from public browse.
Jens Bergener, Maike Gossen, Marja Lena Hoffmann, Felix Bießmann, Marek Veneny, Ruben Korenke

Summary

Researchers evaluated the accuracy and quality of ChatGPT responses to climate-related questions, finding that while the model produces mostly correct information on climate topics, its answers tend to reflect common societal misunderstandings about climate change. The study highlights the risk of AI language models perpetuating misconceptions even when generating factually plausible-sounding content.

The use of ChatGPT and language models carries the risk of spreading false information. Although ChatGPT produces mostly correct information about climate related topics, the answers reflect societal misunderstandings about climate change.

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