I used to like Ars Technica, but they’ve really gone downhill, like a lot of media lately. It’s becoming increasingly difficult to find good sources these days.
Article retracted, a new piece published that acknowledges it had fabricated quotes, and an apology to Scott Shambaugh. I’m disappointed it happened, but I do like how they handled it.
lilgreenthumb on
I thought the issue is they got his quotes from either the agent or the asshole rather than him.
UnexpectedAnanas on
>We have reviewed recent work and have not identified additional issues. At this time, this appears to be an isolated incident.
See, here’s the problem I have. What are the odds that only one writer slipped through one AI written/assisted piece?
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I used to like Ars Technica, but they’ve really gone downhill, like a lot of media lately. It’s becoming increasingly difficult to find good sources these days.
I like that they owned it though: [https://arstechnica.com/staff/2026/02/editors-note-retraction-of-article-containing-fabricated-quotations/](https://arstechnica.com/staff/2026/02/editors-note-retraction-of-article-containing-fabricated-quotations/)
Article retracted, a new piece published that acknowledges it had fabricated quotes, and an apology to Scott Shambaugh. I’m disappointed it happened, but I do like how they handled it.
I thought the issue is they got his quotes from either the agent or the asshole rather than him.
>We have reviewed recent work and have not identified additional issues. At this time, this appears to be an isolated incident.
See, here’s the problem I have. What are the odds that only one writer slipped through one AI written/assisted piece?