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Re: The perils of using AI for genealogy

From "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk>
Newsgroups soc.genealogy.computing, soc.genealogy.britain, alt.genealogy, england.genealogy.misc, free.uk.genealogy
Subject Re: The perils of using AI for genealogy
Date 2026-02-26 12:03 +0000
Organization 255 software
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On 2026/2/26 1:42:44, Steve Hayes wrote:
> “My ‘methodology’ was a series of errors”: Gemini generates false
> records and fake screenshots of TNA website
> 
> The Gemini LLM generated fake records and screenshots when Lyn James
> asked it for help tracing Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills
> 
> The Gemini LLM generated fake records and screenshots when Lyn James
> asked it for help tracing Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills
> 
> Read it all here:
> 
> <https://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/news/gemini-artificial-intelligence-the-national-archives-fake-records>
> 
> 
Basically, you can't use an LLM to avoid subscriptions! But very
dishonest of it to behave the way it did.
-- 
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()ALIS-Ch++(p)Ar++T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Hadrian's Wall has never been a border between Scotland and England. It
lies entirely within England but, when it was built in AD 122 by the
Romans as a defence against the raiding Picts, the future English were
still in Germany and the Scottish were still in Ireland.
- Michael Cullen, Skye, in RT 2014/12/6-12

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The perils of using AI for genealogy Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2026-02-26 03:42 +0200
  Re: The perils of using AI for genealogy "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-02-26 12:03 +0000
    Re: The perils of using AI for genealogy Richard Damon <news.x.richarddamon@xoxy.net> - 2026-02-27 19:41 -0500

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