ChatGPT And Claude Score Below 51% Accuracy On Streaming Availability

BusinessMediaChatGPT And Claude Score Below 51% Accuracy On Streaming AvailabilityByRick Ellis,Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The global media business, from streaming to linear TVFollow AuthorJun 04, 2026, 09:40am EDTJun 04, 2026, 09:44am EDTThe ChatGPT app logo displays on the screen of a smartphone in Reno, United States, on November 21, 2024. (Photo by Jaque Silva/NurPhoto via Getty Images)NurPhoto via Getty ImagesPeople use AI Assistants to answer all sorts of random questions and they likely expect the answers they’ll receive to be accurate ones.But according to new data from the streaming data and metadata platform Reelgood, a controlled accuracy analysis of streaming title availability data found that ChatGPT scored 43.76% and Claude scored 50.21% when asked where major television and movies titles could be streamed.The analysis, conducted by Reelgood on March 5th, 2026, tested each source against the same set of 50 movies and 50 TV shows using identical queries.In comparison, the same queries received an accuracy rate of 96.89% accuracy using data collected by Reelgood, which provides availability data and content metadata across 300+ services in 25+ countries.In an interview I did with Reelgood CEO David Sanderson in April, he explained that the problem with using an AI assistant is they rely primarily on data from the web, which can significantly affect the accuracy of the answers:There was one example we always talk about internally. It was some movie about Las Vegas. And when you asked one of the LLMs what the film was about, you were told something like "Oh, everyone is going to have a wild time in Las Vegas."But actually, the movie was about the shooting that happened in Las Vegas. So that's a good example. You need accurate data behind it.And the other thing is, with AI or chat experiences, if you want to know where a piece of content is available, a lot of their data is compiled from...