[…] Many members of the public already distrusted the media before they began to suspect that much of it was being written by hallucinating robots. Why should they trust any of us now when the most powerful newspaper in the world has confirmed their suspicions?
The New York TimesGot Caught Using AI Hallucinations in Its Reporting https://thewalrus.ca/the-new-york-times-got-caught-using-ai-hallucinations-in-its-reporting/
#nyt #aicon #aihype
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