--- title: "Investing.com Accused of Using AI to Plagiarize Other Websites" description: "One of the highest-trafficking investing sites in the US appears to be plagiarizing other websites' content using AI." date: "2023-12-11" modified: "2023-12-11" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/investing-accused-ai-plagiarism" categories: - "Artificial Intelligence" - "Finance" - "Future Society" - "Investing" tags: - "ai content" - "ai writing" - "investing" - "plagiarism" --- # Investing.com Accused of Using AI to Plagiarize Other Websites ![One of the highest-trafficking investing sites in the US appears to be plagiarizing other websites' content using AI.]() *\Image: Getty / Futurism\* We can't say for certain, but it seems mighty likely that one of the highest-trafficking financial sites in the US is plagiarizing other websites' content using artificial intelligence. Per a [scoop from *Semafor*'s Maxwell Tani](), *Investing.com* has in recent months published multiple pieces that are very similar in language and content to articles posted just hours before on other websites. In one early November example, the website owned by the Israel-based tech buyout firm Joffre Capital [published a short item]() about a rise in a crypto token price that used comparable vernacular and identical statistics to one that had been posted less than an hour and a half before on the [*CryptoNewsLand* blog](). The lead to the *Investing.com* piece: "The cryptocurrency XRP has witnessed a significant resurgence in recent weeks, as marked by a boost in its price and trading volume." Compare that to the one on the crypto blog: "XRP has witnessed a resurgence in both its price and investor activity." According to a footnote on the *Investing.com* piece, the blurb had been "generated with the support of AI and reviewed by an editor." Tani provides two other instances of *Investing.com*'s apparent penchant for AI ripoffs, one of which occurred on November 2, the very same day as the *CryptoNewsLand* blog debacle. Another example that occurred in October, in which the financial site published an article very similar to [reporting from the crypto news site *FXStreet*](), has been taken down. When you search the link to the [struck *Investing.com* piece](), however, Google still provides a preview to content that bears a resemblance to *FXStreet*'s. ![]() You might argue that the financial news site is simply aggregating content, as other websites including *Futurism* do regularly. But when bloggers properly contextualize the news, they always cite where the information came from for transparency and so that readers can check out the original source firsthand. Nowhere in *Investing.com*'s posts that remain up are the sources cited or linked. Although this is far from the first or last time AI has or will [spit out plagiarized content](), it's significant that a respected financial news publication is the subject of such claims because, well, news sites just aren't supposed to do that. Unfortunately, this also isn't the first time once-respectable news sources have been found using AI to copy other' work. Earlier this year, for instance, we [caught *CNET*]() using AI to publish work that strongly appeared to plagiarize the work of other publications. It's bad enough when [copycat content farms]() use AI to rip off the work of others, but for sites that are considered legitimate to do so represents an upsetting trend — and given how [fractured and shrunken]() the news industry has already become, it's hard to imagine there will be any universal standards created or enforced until it's way too late. **More on AI content:** [*Top Execs at Sports Illustrated's Publisher Fired After AI Debacle*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. 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