This is a very well written piece by Nicholas Hune-Brown on how a fake reporter almost scammed Canadian publication The Local, and has previously scammed dozens of big name publications.

I will not spoil the piece, but I think this, near the end, is sobering:

«[That article from our suspect scammer] was, notably, published six months before ChatGPT was released—the demarcation line after which you could no longer assume a sentence had been produced by a human.»

https://thelocal.to/investigating-scam-journalism-ai/

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#GenerativeAI #LLMs #fraud #scam #OnlinePublishing #TheLocal

Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local

A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.

The Local

This is a very well written piece by Nicholas Hune-Brown on how a fake reporter almost scammed Canadian publication The Local, and has previously scammed dozens of big name publications.

I will not spoil the piece, but I think this, near the end, is sobering:

«[That article from our suspect scammer] was, notably, published six months before ChatGPT was released—the demarcation line after which you could no longer assume a sentence had been produced by a human.»

https://thelocal.to/investigating-scam-journalism-ai/

/ht @pxlnv

#GenerativeAI #LLMs #fraud #scam #OnlinePublishing #TheLocal

Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local

A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.

The Local

Downtown Watertown Welcomes "The Local," A New Dining Concept from Restaurateur Kyle Lalim
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@eff #VPNs do shit when there is #JavaScrip-based #Malware and thousands of cookies on sites like #TheLocal...

  • And that's just within #GDPR territory!

Via #TheLocal @ 5:55am ET on Apr 03, 2025

Producers of #Italy's famed #ParmigianoReggiano said on Thursday that punishing US #tariffs imposed on their product made "no sense", noting that it wasn't in competition with American hard cheeses.

https://www.thelocal.it/20250403/italian-parmesan-cheese-producers-slam-us-tariffs-as-absurd

Italian Parmesan cheese producers slam US tariffs as 'absurd'

Producers of Italy's famed Parmigiano Reggiano said on Thursday that punishing US tariffs imposed on their product made "no sense", noting that it wasn't in competition with American hard cheeses.

The Local Italy
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Merci Julie Hattu - France Télévisions - Magazine Envie Dehors pour la qualité du reportage ! Petite séquence de début 2024 (les théiers ont bien poussé depuis !!) à partir de la dixième minute....

we should revive #thelocal but since strive is completely scuffed now we should play +R instead

now playing: vampire saviors, aka darkstalkers! #thelocal

https://www.twitch.tv/tfcflowless

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Ok the dino fighting game looks amazing #thelocal