"What do EFF staffers Sarah Chen, Javier Morales, Caitlin Chin, Emma Rodriguez, and Mikko Kopponen have in common? For one thing, they don’t exist. For another, all have been quoted as EFF experts in articles published in the past two months on a site called News-USA Today"
(as noted, not affiliated with the real USA Today, which for all it's other faults does not generally flat out make shit up like this)
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/news-site-keeps-hallucinating-eff-staffers
#AIIsGoingGreat
Reed Mideke
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2026-06-30 04:47:40 UTC
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