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Ars Technica makes up quotes from Matplotlib maintainer("An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me"); pulls story (infosec.exchange)
submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by Beep@lemmus.org to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Hacker News.

Author blog about that.

AI generated quotes in a story about AI clanker writing a blog post about a human developer because they didn't accept their code contributions.

How deep can someone go here.

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[–] underisk@lemmy.ml 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Letting them win because you’ve conceded before even playing is also a losing formula. Even if they don’t get awarded monetary damages they can probably at least get their legal expenses covered.

[–] jve@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They pulled the article. What more are you hoping for?

[–] xvapx@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

could maybe force Ars to put out a retraction