Gannett Breaks Promise of Responsible AI Use by Auto-Publishing Terrible AI Sports Articles

In June, Gannett execs promised responsible AI use, with human oversight before publishing.
Last week, Gannett was found publishing terrible AI-generated high school sports articles.
The AI content had no human oversight and was published automatically.
This goes against Gannett's promises of responsible AI use and human oversight.
Experts had warned about auto-publishing AI content, yet Gannett did it anyway.

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Posted 9/7/2023, 4:10:38 PM