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Screenshot of futurism.com: Ars Technica fires reporter after AI controversy involving fabricated quotes

Ars Technica fires reporter after AI controversy involving fabricated quotes (futurism.com)

542 points by danso 7 months ago | 334 comments

Futurism article reporting that Ars Technica parted ways with reporter Benj Edwards after a controversy over AI-fabricated quotes.

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Screenshot of infosec.exchange: Ars Technica makes up quotes from Matplotlib maintainer; pulls story

Ars Technica makes up quotes from Matplotlib maintainer; pulls story (infosec.exchange)

515 points by robin_reala 8 months ago | 220 comments

Mastodon post noting a matplotlib maintainer says quotes attributed to him in an Ars Technica article were fabricated, apparently AI hallucinations; the story was pulled.

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#fabricated-quotes on Hacker News

Ars Technica fires reporter after AI controversy involving fabricated quotes(futurism.com)

Ars Technica makes up quotes from Matplotlib maintainer; pulls story(infosec.exchange)

Ars Technica fires reporter after AI controversy involving fabricated quotes (futurism.com)

Ars Technica makes up quotes from Matplotlib maintainer; pulls story (infosec.exchange)