US EditionWired Says 'AI-Written' Story Did Not Have 'Proper Fact-Check Process'
WIRED and Business Insider retracted articles from an unverified journalist after discovering AI-generated fabrications, highlighting challenges in verifying first-time contributors, the editors said.
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Wired says 'AI-written' story did not have 'proper fact-check process'
Wired has revealed that a request for an unusual method of payment was what gave the game away after it commissioned and published a piece by a “freelance journalist” going by Margaux Blanchard. Press Gazette revealed on Thursday that Wired and Business Insider were among publications in the UK and US to have removed news features written by a journalist calling themselves Blanchard over concerns they appeared to be AI-generated works of fiction…
Wired and Business Insider Accidentally Published AI-Generated Slop Articles by Seemingly Fake Journalist
Renowned publications including Wired and Business Insider have been caught publishing what appears to be AI slop. As Press Gazette reports in a fascinating investigation, numerous outlets have removed features published under the byline of "Margaux Blanchard" after suspicion emerged that the stories were fictionalized and AI-generated. After Press Gazette reached out to the non-profit Index on Censorship over an article by the same author, for …
For several months, articles written by Margaux Blanchard, a freelance journalist, have appeared in American media (Wired, Business Insider...). All have come to realize that the author doesn't really exist."We made mistakes: this article didn't follow a real process of
The case of Margaux Blanchard: Publishers fall for AI-written articles
At least six prominent publications have published AI-generated articles by a fictitious freelance author named Margaux Blanchard over the past few months.Press Gazette launched an investigation that found the curious byline appearing in Business Insider, tech bible Wired, UK arts and music journal Cone Magazine, Californian masthead SF Gate, British political site Naked Politics, and […]
How Wired got duped by an AI freelancer
Wired has posted an explanation about how it was tricked into publishing a fake story produced by artificial intelligence. Its story explains, “After some standard back-and-forth about framing and payment rates, our editor assigned the story. The edit process also raised no alarms; the writer accepted suggestions and responded to notes promptly and amiably. We […]
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