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OpenAI-linked news site uses bots to interview people under fake journalist bylines

A news website affiliated with an OpenAI-backed super PAC has been discovered using automated bots to generate articles and solicit quotes from individuals. This site has produced nearly 100 articles since late December, employing a fully automated process for drafting, reviewing, and distributing content under fake bylines. The operation aims to gather quotes from real people by posing as journalists. AI

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IMPACT Highlights potential misuse of AI for content generation and deceptive information gathering.

RANK_REASON The article describes a news site using bots to generate content and solicit quotes, which is a form of AI misuse rather than a core AI development or product release.

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 · [email protected] ·

    News site linked to OpenAI super PAC sent bots posing as journalists to interview real people — site has published nearly 100 artic… The site has published 94 a

    News site linked to OpenAI super PAC sent bots posing as journalists to interview real people — site has published nearly 100 artic… The site has published 94 articles since late December using a fully automated pipeline that drafts stories, reviews them, and deploys bots to soli…