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TECHNOLOGY • UNITED STATES

NPR reports local-news impostor sites are appearing in ChatGPT responses

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Websites posing as local news are targeting key U.S. House races and are appearing in ChatGPT responses, NPR reports. The report says Google products are avoiding promoting them.

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Voters and campaigns in the targeted House races may encounter political content presented as local reporting. The reports do not quantify the sites’ reach or establish their effect on voting.