In this episode of HELLO FUTURE, host Kevin Cirilli speaks with David Fuscus, CEO of Précis AI and creator of Willard AI, about the most dangerous flaw in artificial intelligence for the policy world: hallucinations and inaccuracies. In a town where a single wrong citation can kill a bill, Fuscus explains why general AI models remain unreliable — pointing to OpenAI’s own findings that newer models sometimes hallucinate at higher rates, and Stanford research showing chatbots get legal questions wrong more than half the time and tend to agree with false statements from users.

The conversation digs into how Willard addresses this by wiring directly into federal government databases rather than relying solely on internet training data, and why the ability to trace every answer back to its source is essential for lobbyists and Hill staff. Fuscus also addresses growing concerns about AI flooding the system with synthetic public comments — including a California case that generated more than 20,000 AI-written submissions against clean-air rules — and whether lawmakers can still tell real constituent voices from manufactured noise. 

The episode closes with practical guidance for everyday listeners on when to trust tools like ChatGPT and when to treat their answers with extreme caution.

In this episode of HELLO FUTURE, host Kevin Cirilli speaks with David Fuscus, CEO of Pr&eacute;cis AI and creator of Willard AI, about the most dangerous flaw in artificial intelligence for the policy world: hallucinations and inaccuracies. In a town where a single wrong citation can kill a bill, Fuscus explains why general AI models remain unreliable &mdash; pointing to OpenAI&rsquo;s own findings that newer models sometimes hallucinate at higher rates, and Stanford research showing chatbots get legal questions wrong more than half the time and tend to agree with false statements from users.
The conversation digs into how Willard addresses this by wiring directly into federal government databases rather than relying solely on internet training data, and why the ability to trace every answer back to its source is essential for lobbyists and Hill staff. Fuscus also addresses growing concerns about AI flooding the system with synthetic public comments &mdash; including a California case that generated more than 20,000 AI-written submissions against clean-air rules &mdash; and whether lawmakers can still tell real constituent voices from manufactured noise.&nbsp;
The episode closes with practical guidance for everyday listeners on when to trust tools like ChatGPT and when to treat their answers with extreme caution.

HELLO, FUTURE with Kevin Cirilli is the daily podcast where tomorrow’s biggest questions come alive. Are aliens already visiting us? Could your next job be in space? What if satellites could find lost cities, or stop the next wildfire? What happens if America loses the space race… or if every satellite went dark tomorrow? From Mars to UFOs, from flying cars to “civilization starter kits,” each episode blends science, technology, and imagination with the real choices shaping our world. It’s smart, fast, and curious, built for anyone who’s ever looked up at the night sky and wondered what comes next. This isn’t science fiction. It’s the future, knocking on your door. 

Kevin Cirilli is the founder of meet the future™ (mtf.tv). Cirilli has advised some of the nation’s leading military nonprofit philanthropists and policymakers and he is an emerging playwright. As a journalist, he is the former Chief Washington Correspondent for Bloomberg Television and Radio, where he covered the White House, Congress, and global economic policy while anchoring a daily geopolitical business affairs program.

Before founding mtf.tv, Kevin appeared across nearly every major network — including CBS News, MSNBC, CNN, FOX News, C-SPAN, NPR, and Yahoo Finance — providing nonpartisan political and economic analysis and conducting exclusive interviews with some of the most influential figures of the 21st century. He was also a media fellow at the Atlantic Council in the Global China Hub.

He has reported from across the United States and around the world — including assignments in Israel, Vietnam, and Saudi Arabia — covering pivotal moments in global affairs and the people driving change.

HELLO, FUTURE with Kevin Cirilli&nbsp;is the daily podcast where tomorrow&rsquo;s biggest questions come alive. Are aliens already visiting us? Could your next job be in space? What if satellites could find lost cities, or stop the next wildfire? What happens if America loses the space race&hellip; or if every satellite went dark tomorrow? From Mars to UFOs, from flying cars to &ldquo;civilization starter kits,&rdquo; each episode blends science, technology, and imagination with the real choices shaping our world. It&rsquo;s smart, fast, and curious, built for anyone who&rsquo;s ever looked up at the night sky and wondered what comes next. This isn&rsquo;t science fiction. It&rsquo;s the future, knocking on your door.&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-cirilli-943b162a/">Kevin Cirilli</a>&nbsp;is the founder of meet the future&trade; (mtf.tv). Cirilli has advised some of the nation&rsquo;s leading military nonprofit philanthropists and policymakers and he is an emerging playwright. As a journalist, he is the former Chief Washington Correspondent for Bloomberg Television and Radio, where he covered the White House, Congress, and global economic policy while anchoring a daily geopolitical business affairs program.
Before founding mtf.tv, Kevin appeared across nearly every major network &mdash; including CBS News, MSNBC, CNN, FOX News, C-SPAN, NPR, and Yahoo Finance &mdash; providing nonpartisan political and economic analysis and conducting exclusive interviews with some of the most influential figures of the 21st century. He was also a media fellow at the Atlantic Council in the Global China Hub.
He has reported from across the United States and around the world &mdash; including assignments in Israel, Vietnam, and Saudi Arabia &mdash; covering pivotal moments in global affairs and the people driving change.

HELLO FUTURE with Kevin Cirilli

In this episode of HELLO FUTURE, host Kevin Cirilli speaks with David Fuscus, CEO of Précis AI and creator of Willard AI, about the most dangerous flaw in artificial intelligence for the policy world: hallucinations and inaccuracies. In a town where a single wrong citation can kill a bill, Fuscus explains why general AI models remain unreliable — pointing to OpenAI’s own findings that newer models sometimes hallucinate at higher rates, and Stanford research showing chatbots get legal questions wrong more than half the time and tend to agree with false statements from users.

HELLO FUTURE: Can You Trust AI in Washington? Hallucinations, Fake Grassroots, and the High Cost of Being Wrong

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