BrikoXFeb 15

Ars Technica Pulls Article With AI Fabricated Quotes About AI Generated Article

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Ars Technica Pulls Article With AI Fabricated Quotes About AI Generated Article - Lemmy.zip

> A story about an AI generated article contained fabricated, AI generated quotes. Archived version: https://archive.is/20260215215759/https://www.404media.co/ars-technica-pulls-article-with-ai-fabricated-quotes-about-ai-generated-article/ [https://archive.is/20260215215759/https://www.404media.co/ars-technica-pulls-article-with-ai-fabricated-quotes-about-ai-generated-article/]

Show threadterminatortwoFeb 16

What a shame. I’ve subscribed to ars for years. Their response was disappointing, it doesn’t talk about what happened and what they’re doing to make sure it doesn’t happen again.

Nothing about how they handled them makes me trust that they won’t do it again.

Show threadooternessFeb 16
I wouldn’t go that far. The article was posted Friday afternoon, and blew up over the weekend. Once the problem was known, the article was taken down quickly. We’ll see what happens when the editorial staff is back in the office in Monday.
Show threadterminatortwoFeb 16
They already posted their response: https://arstechnica.com/staff/2026/02/editors-note-retraction-of-article-containing-fabricated-quotations/
Editor’s Note: Retraction of article containing fabricated quotations

We are reinforcing our editorial standards following this incident.

Ars Technica
Show threadooterness
Ah, that’s new from this morning. Seems I was a few hours out of date.
Feb 16 at 1:36amWeb