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"Ars Technica Fires Reporter After AI Controversy Involving Fabricated Quotes"

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ars-technica-fires-reporter-ai-quotes

Seeing a lot of people assume that this reporter got fired for making one mistake during a sick day, something most people could see themselves doing

I think it's safe to assume that the reporter's version of events downplayed his culpability to a substantial degree

Ars Technica Fires Reporter After AI Controversy Involving Fabricated Quotes

Ars Technica has fired senior AI reporter Benj Edwards following an outrage-sparking controversy involving AI-fabricated quotes.

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God Emperor of Mastodon Mar 3

@baldur This may go deeper. He was their AI reporter, so he may simply got high on ai...

https://arstechnica.com/author/benjedwards/

Author: Benj Edwards

Benj Edwards was a reporter at Ars Technica, where he covered artificial intelligence and technology history. His previous work appeared in outlets including The Atlantic, Fast Company, PCMag, PCWorld...

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raphael

@mms @baldur yeah, it has long been noted among readers that he is both their AI guy, and writes ridiculously credulous articles that just blindly go along with everything the AI companies say, or will use loaded language like anthropomorphisation without a gram of reflection.