So they fired that author after the author had publicly apologized on Blue sky.
Can you name any other way for Ars Technica to handle this situation without permanently soiling their reputation?
Ars Technica fires reporter after AI controversy involving fabricated quotes
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Re: Ars Technica fires reporter after AI controversy involving fabricated quotes
#12So they fired that author after the author had publicly apologized on Blue sky.
He was supposed to be their "Senior AI Reporter." Him including basically anything from LLMs, without verifying it, in articles not only demonstrates a complete lack of credibility as a writer, but also a complete lack of understanding of AI. Even if they might have personally wanted to keep him on, you just can't after something like this.
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#13“Edwards also stressed that his colleague Kyle Orland, the site’s senior gaming editor who co-bylined the retracted story, had ‘no role in this error.’”
Has Orland issued a real apology? He bylined a piece containing fraudulent quotes.
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#14“Edwards also stressed that his colleague Kyle Orland, the site’s senior gaming editor who co-bylined the retracted story, had ‘no role in this error.’” Has Orland issued a real apology? He bylined a piece containing fraudulent quotes.
"I always have and always will abide by that rule to the best of my knowledge at the time a story is published."
Nothing suspicious about heavy use of qualifiers in a non-apology blanket denial. Where's the Polymarket for whether this guy has a job next month?
https://www.404media.co/ars-technica-pulls-article-with-ai-f...
Re: Ars Technica fires reporter after AI controversy involving fabricated quotes
#15So they fired that author after the author had publicly apologized on Blue sky.
Why would apologizing for plagiarism and fabrication preclude you from facing sanctions for plagiarism and fabrication?
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#16> senior AI reporter A true "senior" AI reporter should be more skeptical of LLM output than anyone else.
I dunno. If AI doesn't write your articles, are you even an AI reporter?
Sorry, I never could resist a good dad joke
Re: Ars Technica fires reporter after AI controversy involving fabricated quotes
#17> while working from bed with a fever and very little sleep," he "unintentionally made a serious journalistic error" as he attempted to use an "experimental Claude Code-based AI tool" to help him
Oh right, being ill is what caused the error. I can bet that if you start verifying the past content from this author, you will see similar AI slop. Either that or he has been always ill with very little sleep.
Re: Ars Technica fires reporter after AI controversy involving fabricated quotes
#18So they fired that author after the author had publicly apologized on Blue sky.
That absolutely should be career-ending for a journalist, apology or no
Re: Ars Technica fires reporter after AI controversy involving fabricated quotes
#19“Edwards also stressed that his colleague Kyle Orland, the site’s senior gaming editor who co-bylined the retracted story, had ‘no role in this error.’” Has Orland issued a real apology? He bylined a piece containing fraudulent quotes.
"I always have and always will abide by that rule to the best of my knowledge at the time a story is published." Nothing suspicious about heavy use of qualifiers in a non-apology blanket denial. Where's the Polymarket for whether this guy has a job next month? https://www.404media.co/ars-technica-pulls-article-with-ai-f...
> whether this guy has a job next month?
That’s a problem. If he really hasn’t apologized, neither he nor Ars have recognized there is a problem, which means it will happen again.
Re: Ars Technica fires reporter after AI controversy involving fabricated quotes
#20Context from earlier discussion of the article being pulled: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47009949