@stuartl@mastodon.longlandclan.id.au
2026-02-15 21:46 UTC
@aetataureate@mastodon.social @404mediaco@mastodon.social @benjedwards@mastodon.social
Well, we don't know how that AI slop got in there at this time. I don't know how things work internally at Condé Naste / Ars Technica (or indeed, any media organisation).
That said, a fabricated quote is a fabricated quote, no matter how it was fabricated. I can't trust what Ars Technica publish going forward from now on, I've unfollowed !@arstechnica@mastodon.social and placed the account on mute.
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@aetataureate@mastodon.social 2026-02-15 22:35
@stuartl@mastodon.longlandclan.id.au @404mediaco@mastodon.social @benjedwards@mastodon.social @arstechnica@mastodon.social I'm a journalist and I cover AI sometimes as part of my beat. I would be surprised if Kyle Orland asked AI to scrape quotes for him. Benj Edwards is a freelancer producing multiple stories many days, most of which are press release or social media type rewrites: not unethical, but not the same as reporting. I do not discount Ars overall (you may, to each their own!), but this level of judgment failure would be catastrophic for an AI beat writer.