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NP Digital materials report conflicting publication rates of 36.5% and over 43%.

The Claim

Research by NP Digital found that more than 43% of marketers reported that false or hallucinated AI-generated information passed review and was published publicly.

The Short Version

NP Digital published the quoted “over 43%” finding, but its study materials and related coverage do not present a consistent statistic. Most reports identify 36.5% as the share of marketers whose incorrect AI content reached the public, while 43.5% may describe an error category instead. The attribution is genuine, but the claimed percentage is not reliably established.

Caveats

  • The primary source contains wording that conflicts with the figure most commonly reported from the same research.
  • The 43.5% figure may describe a category of published errors rather than a percentage of all marketers.
  • Repeated secondary reports may rely on the same NP Digital materials and are not necessarily independent confirmation.

The Receipts

  1. NP Digital's AI Hallucinations and Accuracy Report Reveals Impact of ...

    adweek.com

  2. NP Digital’s AI Hallucinations and Accuracy Report Reveals

    globenewswire.com

  3. AI Hallucination and Accuracy: A Data-Backed Study - Neil Patel

    neilpatel.com

  4. Survey highlights AI risks and oversight needs for marketers » Media in Canada

    mediaincanada.com

  5. New Report Finds AI Hallucinations Are Reaching the Public as ...

    martechedge.com

  6. AI Hallucination and Accuracy: A Data-Backed Study - Neil Patel

    staging.neilpatel.com

  7. Nearly half of marketers encounter AI errors weekly as study exposes ...

    ppc.land

  8. NP Digital’s AI Hallucinations and Accuracy Report Reveals the Marketing Impact of AI Errors | Ethical Marketing News

    ethicalmarketingnews.com

  9. AI Errors Are Reaching the Public More Often Than Marketers Realize

    marketingnewscanada.com

  10. AI gets it wrong 40% of the time. Marketers are publishing anyway — Marketing Embeddings

    marketingembeddings.com

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Neil PatelNP Digital

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