08/27/2025
🚨 Case Study: When AI Gets It Dead Wrong 🚨
We asked a simple yes/no question:
👉 Does North Carolina participate in NASAA’s Electronic Filing Depository (EFD) for Form D filings?
Here’s what happened:
Google (top result):
“No, NC does not participate.”
❌ Wrong.
ChatGPT:
Gave 4 different answers in a row,
confidently contradicting itself.
❌ Wrong again.
Reality:
North Carolina does participate in EFD.
Filing fee is $350, confirmed directly in NASAA’s system. ✅
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đź’ˇ The problem:
AI and search engines don’t admit when they don’t know. They guess. They misinterpret. And they present those guesses as if they’re facts.
For anyone relying on them in finance or compliance, that means:
• Misfilings
• Penalties
• Wasted time and money
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⚖️ The lesson:
Don’t outsource trust to Google or AI. In compliance, investing, or anything that matters, the only authority is the documents and the law.
AI is at its most dangerous when it’s confident and wrong.
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