Tests show DeepSeek’s chatbot often hallucinates URLs in citations and admits that sharing news articles’ content could violate copyright and paywall policies (Andrew Deck/Nieman Lab)

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Tests show DeepSeek’s chatbot often hallucinates URLs in citations and admits that sharing news articles’ content could violate copyright and paywall policies  —  The DeepSeek hype cycle is in full force, but can the chatbot attribute sources more accurately than its competitors?