Journalistic standards?

[VelvetRemedy]

Hi folks,

Since Ars is apparently posting partially or fully AI generated articles now, I have to ask - is this going to be a continued policy going forward? That is, will Ars be officially publishing AI generated content from now on? If so, will it be marked?

This is obviously pretty concerning.

 

[SuperDave]

I. for one, fail to understand what you're on about. The only AI-generated content in that article was some of the evidence it presents and was, indeed, the subject matter.

 

[VelvetRemedy]

I. for one, fail to understand what you're on about. The only AI-generated content in that article was some of the evidence it presents and was, indeed, the subject matter.

Read the comments.

Some or all of the quotes in the final five paragraphs seem to be made up or hallucinated, and appear nowhere in the linked blog post (or, per a search, anywhere but Ars.)

 

[Aurich]

Read the comments.

Some or all of the quotes in the final five paragraphs seem to be made up or hallucinated, and appear nowhere in the linked blog post (or, per a search, anywhere but Ars.)

As I said in those comments we’re aware of the issues being raised here and are looking into it. Thanks!

 

[SuperDave]

Although I read the article, by rule (and past experience) I do not read the comments for news articles. You had solid evidence for discussion.

I owe you an apology, and freely offer it.

 

[Aurich]

Okay, an update:

We have pulled the story over concerns that it may have gone against our content policies. I locked the comments, and I'm going to lock this one too, we need some time.

We are doing an investigation right now to figure out exactly what happened. Given that it's Friday afternoon we probably won't have something to report back until Monday, but we will follow up with an explanation for our readers. Edit: Monday is a holiday, my bad, and I don't know what we'll be able to say, so I don't want to over-promise anything.

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On a personal note:

Thanks for making this thread , between that and someone reporting Scott's post I was able to see this faster than I might have otherwise and bring it to people's attention, and I appreciate it.