#arstechnica After over a decade of being part of that community, nt only has my subscription lapsed, but I have closed my Ars Technica pinned tab, and deleted my account.

After the transphobia article by Jon Brodkin, the sycophantic coverage of Musk by Eric Berger, the recent AI inventing quote event, and a moderation that favours the civil bigot and transphobe sea lion, the head moderator has decided to nuke discussion threads from the regulars.

Ars quality came from its commenters and community, it’s been going downhill for a while.

Good-bye.

PS: Shitcanning the reporter involved in the quote invention event does not address the root causes, systemic issues that led a reporter to publish this, and to work while too sick to work.

I'm afraid that my comment on #arstechnica will get hidden for low-score.
So, here's a link to it:
https://pnqk.me/y8y2sm

Let's view it without giving an ef about #downvotes!

So many tech publications post what are thinly veiled ads dressed up as articles.

#PopularScience #CNET #Engadget #TheVerge #ArsTechnica

Techdirt: Ars Fires Reporter For Accidentally Using Fake AI Quotes. “There are several interesting layers here. The biggest being that AI isn’t an excuse to simply turn your brain off and no longer do rudimentary fact checking. At the same time, this can’t really be unwound from the fact that media ownership rushed to tightly integrate often under-cooked LLM models into an already very […]

Stopping visiting #CondéNast sites has not been easy. #Slashdot and #ArsTechnica have been two of my most visited sites forever!

But after learning of their treatment of their union workers, I can't in good conscience give them my attention.

Ars Fires Reporter For Accidentally Using Fake AI Quotes

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/11/ars-fires-reporter-for-accidentally-using-fake-ai-quotes/