WIRED, and a handful of other publications, published a fabricated article by what appears to be a non-existent, AI-powered writer.
So WIRED released a full explanation, analysis about how it happened, and how they'll fix it. Great response, very hot.
https://www.wired.com/story/how-wired-got-rolled-by-an-ai-freelancer/
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