Ars Technica Fires Reporter After AI Controversy Involving Fabricated Quotes
2026-03-03 04:33 UTC
Replies (13)
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@tidderuuf@lemmy.world 2026-03-03 04:39
I’m not taking all the credit but I do hope those people who didn’t believe me in the past could rightfully take this comment, print it, pull down their pants and shove it up their ass. It’s time to hold journalism with a higher standard and this idea that “well they do alright” and “it was only once” is bullshit sliding into madness. Just the facts, folks.
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@dynamoMaus@feddit.org 2026-03-03 05:14
Maybe they heared @latenightlinux@mastodon.social
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@deltaspawn0040@lemmy.zip 2026-03-03 07:44
Controversy… What controversy? It sounds more like blatant journalistic malpractice
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@jaybone@lemmy.zip 2026-03-03 10:02
Why are we blaming AI here instead of the journalist?
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@paequ2@lemmy.today 2026-03-03 18:18
Whoa. There are actually consequences? ArsTechnica is actually sorry??
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@kieron115@startrek.website 2026-03-03 19:13
Journalistic integrity? On *my* internet? Well I never.
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@Kissaki@feddit.org 2026-03-04 12:19
"futurism has confirmed". Later on the article: "reached out to three parties, no replies and no comment". Huh? So how did they confirm?
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@bstix@feddit.dk 2026-03-04 07:17
"I ain't never said no such thing" - Albert Einstein
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@jtrek@startrek.website 2026-03-04 13:56
Seems fair. Was a pretty big fuck up. Might deter others from making similar fuck ups.
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@Fedizen@lemmy.world 2026-03-03 08:26
As they should
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@nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-03-04 08:22
I would fire them and hope that they are blacklisted from ever working in journalism ever again
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@ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world 2026-03-03 14:57
Obviously the use of a LLM was a terrible decision, but I think in this context we can also blame some country’s lack of sick pay.
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@tangeli@piefed.social 2026-03-03 05:23
AI - damned if you do and damned if you don't. And it's not just journalism affected.