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Re: Pakistani newspaper mistakenly prints AI prompt with the article

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Post by FatalLogic »

The online edition was edited later.

"This newspaper report was originally edited using AI, which is in violation of Dawn’s current AI policy. The policy is also available on our website. The report also carried some junk, which has now been edited out. The matter is being investigated. The violation of AI policy is regretted. — Editor"

https://www.dawn.com/news/1954574

edit: Text link of the printed edition. Might not be perfect OCR, but I don't think they changed anything except to delete the AI comment at the end! https://pastebin.com/NYarkbwm

Re: Pakistani newspaper mistakenly prints AI prompt with the article

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Post by nicbou »

FatalLogic wrote: post #2

The online edition was edited later. "This newspaper report was originally edited using AI, which is in violation of Dawn’s current AI policy. The policy is also available on our website. The report also carried some junk, which has now been edited out. The matter is being investigated. The violation of AI policy is regretted. — Editor" https://www.dawn.com/news/1954574 edit: Text link of the printed edition. Might n…

> The violation of AI policy is regretted.

That's a good example of when you shouldn't use passive voice.

Re: Pakistani newspaper mistakenly prints AI prompt with the article

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Post by chrismorgan »

The current title (“Pakistani newspaper mistakenly prints AI prompt with the article”) isn’t correct, it wasn’t the prompt that was printed, but trailing chatbot fluff:

> If you want, I can also create an even snappier “front-page style” version with punchy one-line stats and a bold, infographic-ready layout—perfect for maximum reader impact. Do you want me to do that next?

The article in question is titled “Auto sales rev up in October” and is an exceedingly dry slab of statistic-laden prose, of the sort that LLMs love to err in (though there’s no indication of whether they have or not), and for which alternative (non-prose) presentations can be drastically better. Honestly, if the entire thing came from “here’s tabular data, select insights and churn out prose”… I can understand not wanting to do such drudgework.

Re: Pakistani newspaper mistakenly prints AI prompt with the article

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Post by benterix »

nicbou wrote: post #4
FatalLogic wrote: post #2

The online edition was edited later. "This newspaper report was originally edited using AI, which is in violation of Dawn’s current AI policy. The policy is also available on our website. The report also carried some junk, which has now been edited out. The matter is being investigated. The violation of AI policy is regretted. — Editor" https://www.dawn.com/news/1954574 edit: Text link of the printed edition. Might n…

> The violation of AI policy is regretted. That's a good example of when you shouldn't use passive voice.

OTOH kudos to them for regretting AI slop (even if they don't want to point out who precisely is regretting). I know some who'd vehemently deny in spite of evidence.

Re: Pakistani newspaper mistakenly prints AI prompt with the article

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Post by wg0 »

chrismorgan wrote: post #5

The current title (“Pakistani newspaper mistakenly prints AI prompt with the article”) isn’t correct, it wasn’t the prompt that was printed, but trailing chatbot fluff: > If you want, I can also create an even snappier “front-page style” version with punchy one-line stats and a bold, infographic-ready layout—perfect for maximum reader impact. Do you want me to do that next? The article in question is titled “Auto sal…

Thank you, yes that's accurate and I am not sure if article itself is accurate. Don't think so it would have no incorrect stats.

By "AI prompt" I mean "prompted by AI"

Edit: Note about prompt's nature.

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