This needs to be shared on its own for visibility.
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@killyourfm It’s shouting into the wind, I appreciate, but the simple rule should be that any *actual* journalist just shouldn’t use AI. At all. Ever. At least not for anything relating to an article.
I remember being at uni in 2000 and watching the journalism course student and dreading for the state of News once they were in charge. Now they are, and I was right to worry.
@wiredfire you have to wonder how few actual journalists are left.
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This needs to be shared on its own for visibility. It’s difficult to trust Ars Technica after this. I respect for publishing this but…
Frankly it’s getting increasingly difficult to trust any news source.
In the journalism world, fabricated quotes is an egregious offense.
https://arstechnica.com/staff/2026/02/editors-note-retraction-of-article-containing-fabricated-quotations/Right after I unfollowed them for spamming my feed with AI ads...
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This needs to be shared on its own for visibility. It’s difficult to trust Ars Technica after this. I respect for publishing this but…
Frankly it’s getting increasingly difficult to trust any news source.
In the journalism world, fabricated quotes is an egregious offense.
https://arstechnica.com/staff/2026/02/editors-note-retraction-of-article-containing-fabricated-quotations/@killyourfm honestly, there seems to be no promise they wont use other LLMs for this, honestly. -
@killyourfm It’s shouting into the wind, I appreciate, but the simple rule should be that any *actual* journalist just shouldn’t use AI. At all. Ever. At least not for anything relating to an article.
I remember being at uni in 2000 and watching the journalism course student and dreading for the state of News once they were in charge. Now they are, and I was right to worry.
@wiredfire @killyourfm What is doubly-distressing about this particular incident is that it was done by a journalist/author who was known previously for being knowlegable, cautious and careful.
Someone I (previously) personally trusted, seemingly succumbed to a time-pressure-induced brain-fart.
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Right after I unfollowed them for spamming my feed with AI ads...
@Kingu @killyourfm I did the same thing! They're just a big tech ad platform now. No real journalism for a good while.
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@Kingu @killyourfm I did the same thing! They're just a big tech ad platform now. No real journalism for a good while.
They add their chance!
They failed
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@killyourfm It’s shouting into the wind, I appreciate, but the simple rule should be that any *actual* journalist just shouldn’t use AI. At all. Ever. At least not for anything relating to an article.
I remember being at uni in 2000 and watching the journalism course student and dreading for the state of News once they were in charge. Now they are, and I was right to worry.
@wiredfire @killyourfm yes this journalist needs to be axed.
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This needs to be shared on its own for visibility. It’s difficult to trust Ars Technica after this. I respect for publishing this but…
Frankly it’s getting increasingly difficult to trust any news source.
In the journalism world, fabricated quotes is an egregious offense.
https://arstechnica.com/staff/2026/02/editors-note-retraction-of-article-containing-fabricated-quotations/@killyourfm I'm still a supporter of Ars. The fact that they published such a large, public retraction like this is a good sign. Most publications would just revise the article and maybe put a footnote on the bottom that they "fixed some inaccuracies."
This gives me hope that Ars will continue to be a solid source of tech news.
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This needs to be shared on its own for visibility. It’s difficult to trust Ars Technica after this. I respect for publishing this but…
Frankly it’s getting increasingly difficult to trust any news source.
In the journalism world, fabricated quotes is an egregious offense.
https://arstechnica.com/staff/2026/02/editors-note-retraction-of-article-containing-fabricated-quotations/@killyourfm the only thing left to do is fire the offender. This is required to reinstate trust.
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@wiredfire @killyourfm What is doubly-distressing about this particular incident is that it was done by a journalist/author who was known previously for being knowlegable, cautious and careful.
Someone I (previously) personally trusted, seemingly succumbed to a time-pressure-induced brain-fart.
@shelldozer @wiredfire @killyourfm this person has to go.
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@killyourfm I'm still a supporter of Ars. The fact that they published such a large, public retraction like this is a good sign. Most publications would just revise the article and maybe put a footnote on the bottom that they "fixed some inaccuracies."
This gives me hope that Ars will continue to be a solid source of tech news.
@jaye @killyourfm my fear is that more slop is/will be pushed without being detected.
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@jaye @killyourfm my fear is that more slop is/will be pushed without being detected.
@f4grx @killyourfm By then making such a big deal about it, shedding more light on it, I don’t think that’s going to result in more slop. At least that’s my hope.
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@f4grx @killyourfm By then making such a big deal about it, shedding more light on it, I don’t think that’s going to result in more slop. At least that’s my hope.
@jaye @killyourfm let's hope so.
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@shelldozer @wiredfire @killyourfm this person has to go.
@f4grx @wiredfire @killyourfm I'm not sure I could be that hardline in this case, but I am feeling conflicted. Gaaaaargh.
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This needs to be shared on its own for visibility. It’s difficult to trust Ars Technica after this. I respect for publishing this but…
Frankly it’s getting increasingly difficult to trust any news source.
In the journalism world, fabricated quotes is an egregious offense.
https://arstechnica.com/staff/2026/02/editors-note-retraction-of-article-containing-fabricated-quotations/@killyourfm I can’t trust anything I read online these days to be trustworthy or believable.
Living offline out in nature seems to be better for my health.
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@killyourfm I can’t trust anything I read online these days to be trustworthy or believable.
Living offline out in nature seems to be better for my health.
️@SamuraiSakura Jon, that sounds like paradise. It reminds me of last year when I spent nearly 3 months hiking across Oregon and didn't pay any attention to world news, tech news, or politics.
It was blissful.
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@SamuraiSakura Jon, that sounds like paradise. It reminds me of last year when I spent nearly 3 months hiking across Oregon and didn't pay any attention to world news, tech news, or politics.
It was blissful.
@killyourfm Yes, you inspired me through all your posts.
I made a decision at the start of the year to live more offline and turn off online as much as I can.
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This needs to be shared on its own for visibility. It’s difficult to trust Ars Technica after this. I respect for publishing this but…
Frankly it’s getting increasingly difficult to trust any news source.
In the journalism world, fabricated quotes is an egregious offense.
https://arstechnica.com/staff/2026/02/editors-note-retraction-of-article-containing-fabricated-quotations/@killyourfm Yeah, this was a major screw up by @arstechnica (I’m a subscriber), but I feel they owned the screw up, at least.
Idk, what lead to this happening, but if a LLM is being used anywhere in the process, this could happen; the only way out is a hard ban on LLMs (unless reporting on LLMs) and banning the people who use them. Which can bring its own set of problems of detection and such
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@wiredfire @killyourfm yes this journalist needs to be axed.
@phillycodehound @killyourfm And thrown into the Total Perspective Vortex!
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@f4grx @wiredfire @killyourfm I'm not sure I could be that hardline in this case, but I am feeling conflicted. Gaaaaargh.
@shelldozer @wiredfire @killyourfm if Ars had rules as clear as described in the retractation, then this is a simple fuck around / find out kind of situation. Since the consequence is the credibility of a well established publication, I think that person should take full responsibility.
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