This has happened before: the embrace of spreadsheets like Lotus 1-2-3 by users who were seduced by their power on a PC desktop may have led to the financial excesses of the late 1990s.

From: Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 7, 2025 5:00 PM
To: Troy Astarte <t.k.astarte@swansea.ac.uk>; Ceruzzi, Paul <CeruzziP@si.edu>
Cc: Sigcis <members@sigcis.org>
Subject: Re: [SIGCIS-Members] Perplexity, or ML tools in historical research

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Cherry-picking one sentence from Troy:

> What I have not found so far is whether there is any requirement to declare the use of ML-based tools in their research.

Since Google now starts with an "AI summary", even Google searches would need to be declared under such a rule.

(Try googling "Does Google AI hallucinate?")

DuckDuckGo is heading in the same direction, but more carefully: https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fspreadprivacy.com%2Fduckassist-launch%2F&data=05%7C02%7CCeruzziP%40si.edu%7Cea9a69451bab48abb56408dd8daa2fec%7C989b5e2a14e44efe93b78cdd5fc5d11c%7C0%7C0%7C638822484297266330%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=0OB7RjvvFEsBhJ7x09%2BgqX%2FBszm5Z%2F6OZKtXQDdmAFc%3D&reserved=0

Regards
Brian Carpenter