--- title: "Guy Launches News Site That’s Completely Generated by AI" description: "The \"world's first\" entirely AI-generated news channel is here. It's called NewsGPT, and it's stupid. The site, according to a press release, is a reporter-less — and thus, it claims, bias-free — alternative to conventional, human-created news, created with the goal of \"[providing] unbiased and fact-based news to readers around the world.\" \"For too long,\" […]" date: "2023-03-03" modified: "2023-03-03" authors: - name: "Maggie Harrison Dupré" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/mharrison" url: "https://futurism.com/news-site-completely-generated-ai" categories: - "Artificial Intelligence" tags: - "ai" - "artificial intelligence" - "journalism" --- # Guy Launches News Site That’s Completely Generated by AI ![The "world's first" entirely AI-generated news channel is here, claiming to be the antidote to biased news. It's called NewsGPT, and we hate it.]() *\Image: Getty / Futurism\* The "world's first" entirely AI-generated news site is here. It's called *NewsGPT*, and it seems like an absolutely horrible idea. The site, [according to a press release](), is a reporter-less — and thus, it claims, bias-free — alternative to conventional, human-created news, created with the goal of "\[providing\] unbiased and fact-based news to readers around the world." "For too long," Alan Levy, *NewsGPT's* CEO, said in the release, "news channels have been plagued by bias and subjective reporting. With NewsGPT, we are able to provide viewers with the facts and the truth, without any hidden agendas or biases." Okay. While we understand that a lot of folks out there are frustrated with the modern news cycle, there are about a million problems with what this guy is doing, the least of which being that there are some *glaring* transparency problems here — which is pretty incredible, given everything that he claims to be railing against. First and foremost, while its title suggests that it might be using a version of OpenAI's GPT — the Large Language Model (LLM) that powers OpenAI's viral ChatGPT chatbot — Levy fails to ever actually disclose which AI program he's using to power *NewsGPT.* All the release says is that *NewsGPT* is powered by "state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms and natural language processing technology" that's allegedly "able to scan relevant news sources from around the world in real-time." "It then uses this data," the press release reads, "to create news stories and reports that are accurate, up-to-date, and unbiased." Great. Sure. But again: *what is it?* It matters! AI software doesn't just spring into existence. Models are conceptualized, built, and programmed by humans, and disclosing which humans are making the underlying tech seems like it should be pretty important to Levy's alleged mission. When *Futurism* reached out to *NewsGPT* for comment, all a spokesperson said was that they're using a "combination of AI programs," which doesn't answer the question (they also bragged that "part of this email is written by AI," without specifying which part.) Speaking of the underlying tech, we're not just concerned about who's building it. From ChatGPT to Bing Search to [*CNET's* mystery AI journalism machine](), language-generating AIs are notorious for the penchant to hallucinate — or, in other words, just make shit up. They don't know what words mean, they just predict what might come next in a sentence, even making up phony sources and numbers to support BS claims. For its part, *NewsGPT* did admit to us that machine hallucinations "might" happen. But as they seem to frame it, machine hallucination isn't *that* big of a deal. It's only "fact-based" news, right? "There are no human fact-checkers. Our news stories are generated 100 percent by AI. We are aware that 'AI hallucinations' might happen and that AI is far from a perfect technology," the company told us over email. "We are committed to learning fast and improving all the time to deliver the best AI news we can." To that end, when it comes to, dunno, *news,* sources are extremely important. With the exception of an occasional in-text mention of where a specific figure may have come from, *NewsGPT's* articles overwhelmingly fail to link back to any of its references, offering alleged facts and figures, which have to come from somewhere — unless, of course, the machine makes them up — without mention of its origin. Seems like an issue. But to *NewsGPT*, that, too, is just a growing pain. "*NewsGPT* and AI are in hyper-growth phases," the firm said. "We are currently developing an AI 'best practice system' regarding sources and links." But to that point, gotta say: if the tech is just scraping, paraphrasing, and regurgitating news found from other "relevant news sources" without giving credit, isn't that just... plagiarism? Of the human journalists that Levy says no one can trust? Who write for the companies that Levy says have "hidden agendas and biases"? "By using the process of generative modeling, *NewsGPT* generates new and original stories," adding that their still-unspecified "AI model also looks for text that matches existing content too closely and actively tries to rectify this." Sure. Again, though: we'll believe it when we see it. But considering that AI leaders at OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google haven't quite figured that piece out — or figured out any of these issues, really — we won't hold our breath. We'd also be remiss not to mention that while human bias exists, machine bias certainly does too. Though Levy effectively markets *NewsGPT* as a faceless, apolitical ghost reporter, capable of finding and delivering only the facts, LLMs and similar tools are a mirror to humanity — often the worst parts of it — and not the antidote that folks like Levy promise it to be; the AI industry has yet to create a system that isn't riddled with deeply embedded bias. At the end of the day, when it comes to news and journalism, generative AI programs may one day prove to have some helpful assistive qualities ([*Wired's* approach, released this week, is notably respectable]().) But as it stands, we've yet to see a miracle system that can safely and reliably deliver accurate and unbiased journalism without human intervention — and even *with* human involvement, these programs have failed [time and again](), a result of their own flaws [as well as our own](). Anyway. Please don't get your news from *NewsGPT.* **More on AI journalism:** [*CNET Hits Staff With Layoffs After Disastrous Pivot to AI Journalism*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've reported extensively on the rise of AI as a cultural and business force shaping the media industry, and more broadly how those dynamics are changing how we all consume and share information and relate to one another. I'm also fascinated by public health policy and ethics, the role of emerging tech in politics and governance — and the powerful people and forces at those intersections — climate change, and the environment. My investigation on Sports Illustrated's use of AI-generated authors with fictional biographies won a 2024 Mirror Award for "Best Story on Media Coverage of Artificial Intelligence in Journalism and the Media" from Syracuse University's SI Newhouse School, I contributed to Niemen Lab's 2025 Predictions for Journalism series, and I've discussed my work for Futurism during appearances on NPR, CNN, the BBC, the CBC, and more. I grew up in rural Pennsylvania and attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where I played Division I field hockey for the Minutewomen as a midfielder. Since then, I've lived in New Orleans, Louisiana and Manhattan, New York. I spend my free time running, reading, perusing archival fashion, and searching for the world’s best negroni. I also have a debonair tuxedo cat, Westley, who's named after "The Princess Bride." ### Author social links [Bluesky]()