As AI chatbots become increasingly integrated into daily life, concerns about their reliability and the potential risks of sharing personal information with them continue to grow. Picture: Michael Sherman/IOL/Google Gemini

It’s a bit of a recurring theme at the moment, but just how much should you really trust your AI chatbot of choice?

We’ve already seen AI make some massive mistakes that have led to an entire database of company being deleted almost instantly, and clear-cut lying of an AI when asked to time someone going for a run.

There are new examples every day of AI being completely and often deliberately inaccurate, yet it is still becoming more and more integrated into our every day life.

People rely on AI for anything from financial, emotional and health advice with growing faith - and this is not the way it should be at all.