“More than 200 AI-generated ‘local news’ sites just went dark
Prism News promised ‘zero humans’ and ‘infinite AI scale.’ Local journalists found plagiarism and falsehoods.”
https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2026/prism-news-local-news-ai-fake-shuts-down/
Sam Litzinger
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