# AI errors: Rajendra Prasad visited Prambanan before Modi

2026-08-08T16:06:32+00:00 | Technology | Indian Opinion Desk

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AI chatbots gave inaccurate answers when asked about the first Indian leader to visit Prambanan temple, The Hindu reports. The AI tools said Narendra Modi was the first, but archives show President Rajendra Prasad visited in 1958. Similarly, AI named Modi as the first Indian PM to visit Palestine (Ramallah, 2018), while Jawaharlal Nehru visited Gaza in 1960. On US senators at Ram temple, AI said there was no record, but a nine-member delegation visited in 1993. The Hindu used its century-old archive to correct these errors, highlighting AI's limited access to historical news.

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- thehindu.com <https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/newspaper-archives-still-trump-answers-generated-by-ai/article71287538.ece>

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