Posted 3/2/2024, 7:06:53 PM
CNET Demoted on Wikipedia for AI-Generated Content Concerns
- CNET demoted from Trusted to Untrusted Sources on Wikipedia after posting thinly-veiled AI-generated content since late 2022
- Drop in CNET's editorial standards and increase in advertiser-favored content under owner Red Ventures flagged issues before AI content
- Wikipedia editors consistently remove auto-generated content like spam bots; AI-generated articles seen as inaccurate
- Separate "SEO heist" used AI to generate 1,800 competing articles, stole 3.6M traffic from Excel site Exceljet
- Lawsuits remind generative AIs like GPT-3 often steal others' work to function, can't guarantee accurate results