A story about an AI generated article contained fabricated, AI generated quotes.

Archived version: https://archive.is/20260215215759/https://www.404media.co/ars-technica-pulls-article-with-ai-fabricated-quotes-about-ai-generated-article/

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[–] 16 points 8 months ago (6 children)

I wouldn't go that far. The article was posted Friday afternoon, and blew up over the weekend. Once the problem was known, the article was taken down quickly. We'll see what happens when the editorial staff is back in the office in Monday.

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  • [–] 15 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Benj Edwards, one of the authors of the offending article, has posted an explanation, taking the blame and clearing his co-author.

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  • [–] 14 points 8 months ago

    So he used an AI tool to “organize” references and it hallucinated crap that made it into the human-written article because he never reviewed the output for accuracy.

    This guy writes about AI for a living, he knows it hallucinates, and he even acknowledges the irony but never explains why he thought experimenting with AI was a good idea to begin with. Am I supposed to assume his judgment was impaired by being sick?

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    I hope for more. If they don't have something substantial very soon they've got some serious problems maintaining the standards they profess to have, and we all should question the validity of their content.

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