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Why the New York Times Claimed Life Had Been Found on Mars

Why the New York Times Claimed Life Had Been Found on Mars

By Jon Christian

Journalists found in an investigation that AI is strikingly terrible at summarizing documents and scientific research for busy reporters.

Artificial Intelligence

Tests Show That Top AI Models Are Making Disastrous Errors When Used for Journalism

By Victor Tangermann

Subscribers to the fashion and lifestyle magazine Vogue were horrified after spotting a double-page ad that featured an AI-generated model.

Artificial Intelligence

Subscribers to Fashion Magazine Vogue Disgusted When They Realize Where Its New Two-Page “Photos” Really Came From

By Victor Tangermann

USA Today is publishing automated articles full of links to gambling sportsbooks, which may result in financial kickbacks for the publisher.

Artificial Intelligence

USA TODAY’s Disclaimers on Its Automated Sports Stories Are Longer Than the Actual Articles

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

As the biggest news brands experiment with artificial intelligence in their content, a near-majority of readers aren't buying it.

Artificial Intelligence

Poll Finds Americans Are Largely Disgusted by AI-Generated News

By Noor Al-Sibai

Bill Burr has turned the press tour for his latest Hulu special into a massive roast of Elon Musk — and he isn't pulling any punches.

Bill Burr Eviscerates Elon Musk

By Victor Tangermann

The Los Angeles Times is now shoving artificial intelligence into its opinion articles — and it already seems to be backfiring.

Artificial Intelligence

LA Times Uses AI to Provide “Different Views” on the KKK

By Noor Al-Sibai

The Washington Post's billionaire owner has decided that the paper will no longer tolerate opinions he disagrees with.

Jeff Bezos Announces That Washington Post Opinions Will Now Exclusively Celebrate the Glories of Capitalism

The so-called "paper of record" is now encouraging staff to use generative AI tools to write headlines and summarize articles.

Artificial Intelligence

New York Times Encourages Staff to Create Headlines Using AI

By Noor Al-Sibai

After an embarrassing pivot to AI content, BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti says he's had enough of all the ragebait, clickbait, and fake news.

Artificial Intelligence

Jonah Peretti, Who Filled BuzzFeed With AI Slop, Now Says AI Is Threatening Human Agency

By Victor Tangermann

Quartz's news-generating AI tool, "Quartz Intelligence Newsroom," is already publishing error-ridden articles.

Quartz Just Published an AI-Generated Article That Absolutely Butchers the Situation With Boeing’s Stranded Astronauts

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

G/O Media is using AI to churn out articles at the business news site Quartz — and its AI is already citing other AI-generated slop.

Artificial Intelligence

Quartz Is Publishing AI-Generated Articles Based on Other AI Slop, Along With Warning They May Be Filled With Errors

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

News outlets are reporting that a NASA astronaut is still hospitalized post-ISS trip — even though they were released 10 days ago.

News Outlets Are Falsely Reporting That a NASA Astronaut Is Still in the Hospital

By Noor Al-Sibai

One of America's leading automotive magazines admitted that when one of its top editors rented a Cybertruck, the car straight up bricked.

Advanced Transport

When These Journalists Tried to Review the Cybertruck, It Bricked

By Noor Al-Sibai

The New York Times is suing OpenAI for copyright violations. ChatGPT, meanwhile, is citing a notorious plagiarizer's copies of NYT articles.

Amid New York Times Lawsuit, ChatGPT Is Citing Plagiarized Versions of NYT Articles on an Armenian Content Mill

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Sleazy Company Buys Beloved Blog, Starts Publishing AI-Generated Slop Under the Names of Real Writers Who No Longer Work There

Artificial Intelligence

Sleazy Company Buys Beloved Blog, Starts Publishing AI-Generated Slop Under the Names of Real Writers Who No Longer Work There

By Noor Al-Sibai