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Casey Newton Jan 11, 2023

Wow, CNET has published at least 73 articles written by bots. It says they were fact-checked and edited by human beings. For now! https://futurism.com/the-byte/cnet-publishing-articles-by-ai

CNET Is Quietly Publishing Entire Articles Generated By AI

The popular tech site has employed the use of AI for its financial explainer articles under the byline of "CNET Money Staff."

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Stammy Jan 11, 2023

@caseynewton weeks ago I joked that someone would need to make a chrome extension to help you understand if a post is likely to have been written by AI as people will value original content more. Now I think we need it

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Keith Wagner

@stammy @caseynewton someone might be on that

A college student made an app to detect AI-written text - https://www.npr.org/2023/01/09/1147549845/gptzero-ai-chatgpt-edward-tian-plagiarism

A college student created an app that can tell whether AI wrote an essay

Some students have been using ChatGPT, a text-based bot, to do their homework for them. Now, 22-year-old Edward Tian's new app is attracting educators working to combat AI plagiarism.

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