It’s not like journalists were very accurate before AI. Classic Gell-Mann amnesia
replyBeing "not very inaccurate" is very different from publishing outright fabricated quotes, which is what Ars Technica did and later admitted to: https://arstechnica.com/staff/2026/02/editors-note-retractio...
replyHad no idea they even did anything. Was waiting for this. Nice to see some consequences and something resembling an attempt at integrity.
replyNow they just need to do something about all of the other writers! With the exception of the science lady, the security guy, and the british car guy, it's indistinguishable from the kind of PR-copy-paste blogspam 'coverage' you'd see from a place that will never have the reputation Ars used to.
I see what you did there. Turning the page of time, I guess.
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